Tombs of the khalifs, Cairo / David Roberts, R.A. – Antique Wall Art
![Tombs of the khalifs, Cairo / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/52/5246b21a4f3d-L.webp)
(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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A window into the past: Tombs of the khalifs, Cairo / David Roberts, R.A., preserved in this antique lithograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Tombs of the khalifs, Cairo / David Roberts, R.A.
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Known locally as the Tombs of the Khalifs, though most honor Mamluk sultans and their families rather than caliphs, these domed mausoleums stand on the desert edge north of Cairo. David Roberts, the Scottish painter, sketched them during his journey through Egypt in 1838 and 1839, and Louis Haghe translated his drawings into color lithographs for *Egypt and Nubia*, published in London by F.G. Moon in the late 1840s.
| 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. 3, p. 12. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,193 × 1,486 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217986 |
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