One of two colossal statues of Rameses II entrance to the Temple of Luxor / David Roberts, R.A. – Historic Reproduction
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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One of two colossal statues of Rameses II entrance to the Temple of Luxor / David Roberts, R.A.
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Two seated colossi of Rameses II once guarded the entrance to the Temple of Luxor, and this lithograph shows one of them as David Roberts sketched it during his travels in Egypt in the late 1830s. Sand had long buried the lower part of the figure, so the statue rises from a half-hidden base, a sight that gave European viewers a vivid sense of how much of ancient Egypt lay under the ground. Louis Haghe made the lithograph for *Egypt & Nubia*, a series published in London between 1846 and 1849 that brought Roberts's drawings to a wide audience.
| Created / published | [published between 1846 and 1849] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1840-1850.Lithographs Color 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 1, pt. 33. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,169 × 1,473 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217920 |
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