Tomb of St. James, Valley of Jehosaphat/Jerusalem April 1839 – Antique Wall Art
![Tomb of St. James, Valley of Jehosaphat/Jerusalem April 1839, [published 1842] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/58/58f49eac1883-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: Tomb of St. James, Valley of Jehosaphat/Jerusalem April 1839, preserved in this antique lithograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Tomb of St. James, Valley of Jehosaphat/Jerusalem April 1839
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The print shows the rock-cut Tomb of St. James in the Valley of Jehoshaphat, the Kidron Valley that runs between Jerusalem's old walls and the Mount of Olives. Tradition links the tomb to the apostle James, and its carved facade and deep shadows were a favorite subject for nineteenth-century travelers. David Roberts sketched the scene on the spot in April 1839, during his journey through the Near East. Louis Haghe translated those sketches into color lithographs, which were issued in London in the 1840s as part of *The Holy Land*, a publication that gave European readers some of the first widely circulated views of the region.
| Created / published | [published 1842] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1840-1850.Lithographs Color 1840-1850. |
| 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. 1, pts. 1-2, p. 5. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 1, pl. 7, p. 28. Tooley, no. 4 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,168 × 1,468 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217424 |
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