Gate of the Metwaleys--Cairo / David Roberts, R.A. – Antique Print
![Gate of the Metwaleys--Cairo / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/70/7095b72759a7-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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Gate of the Metwaleys--Cairo / David Roberts, R.A.
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Roberts's view of the Gate of the Metwaleys shows one of the entrances into old Cairo, named for the Metwali, a Shia community that lived in the city. Roberts traveled through Egypt and Nubia in 1838 and 1839, sketching monuments and street scenes on the spot. Louis Haghe turned those drawings into color lithographs for *Egypt & Nubia*, published in London by F.G. Moon in three volumes between 1846 and 1849. The plate reflects the European fascination with Cairo's medieval architecture in the decades before photography became common in the region.
| 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. 5. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,166 × 1,481 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218012 |
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