Part of the hall of columns at Karnak--Thebes / David Roberts, R.A. – Vintage Print
![Part of the hall of columns at Karnak--Thebes / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/57/57b76c1a4423-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: Part of the hall of columns at Karnak--Thebes / 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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Part of the hall of columns at Karnak--Thebes / David Roberts, R.A.
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The hall of columns at Karnak, near Thebes (modern Luxor), is one of the largest religious spaces ever built, and this color lithograph shows part of its crowded forest of stone shafts. David Roberts, a Scottish painter, traveled through Egypt and Nubia in 1838 and 1839 and sketched sites like this on the spot. Louis Haghe turned those sketches into lithographs, which were issued in parts between 1846 and 1849 as *Egypt and Nubia*. The Great Hypostyle Hall was begun under Seti I and completed under his son Ramesses II, so the print captures architecture more than three thousand years old.
| 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. 2, pt. 13. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,205 × 1,498 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217971 |
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