El Deir Petra March 8 1839 / David Roberts. – Historic Print
![El Deir Petra March 8 1839 / David Roberts., [published between 1844 and 1845] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/56/567d4b3d16d1-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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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of El Deir Petra March 8 1839 / David Roberts.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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El Deir Petra March 8 1839 / David Roberts.
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The facade of El Deir, the "Monastery," is carved straight into the rose-red cliff at Petra, and David Roberts sketched it on March 8, 1839, during his tour of the Near East. Louis Haghe turned the drawing into a color lithograph for the third volume of *The Holy Land*, issued in London in parts between 1842 and 1845. The tomb or temple dates to the Nabataean period, probably the first century, and its later name reflects monastic use long after it was built. Roberts's views gave European readers a detailed picture of a site that most knew only from travelers' accounts.
| Created / published | [published between 1844 and 1845] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Notes | Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-1845, v. 3, pts. 14-15, p. 2. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 4, pl. 85, p. 28. Tooley, no. 89 Exhibited: Jordanian Display" at the Library of Congress |
| Subjects | Petra (Extinct city)--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,459 × 1,164 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217502 |
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