Fragments of the great colossus at the memnorium--Thebes / David Roberts, R.A. – Vintage Wall Art
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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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Step back in time with Fragments of the great colossus at the memnorium--Thebes / David Roberts, R.A., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Fragments of the great colossus at the memnorium--Thebes / David Roberts, R.A.
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The lithograph shows the broken fragments of the great seated colossus at the Memnonium, the mortuary temple of Ramesses II on the west bank at Thebes, where the shattered limbs and sections of the statue lie scattered across the ground. Travelers in the nineteenth century often linked these ruins to the Greek legend of Memnon, the hero whose statue was said to sing at dawn. David Roberts drew the scene during his tour of Egypt and Nubia in 1838 and 1839, and Louis Haghe turned the sketches into color lithographs for this series, published in London between 1846 and 1849.
| 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. 4. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,454 × 1,169 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217976 |
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