Karnak / David Roberts, R.A. – Historic Print
![Karnak / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/76/76127a1c3e46-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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Step back in time with Karnak / David Roberts, R.A., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Karnak / David Roberts, R.A.
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Karnak, the vast temple complex near Luxor on the east bank of the Nile, is the subject of this color lithograph, which David Roberts drew on the spot during his travels in Egypt and Nubia. Roberts, a Scottish painter, sketched the ruins in the late 1830s, and Louis Haghe turned those sketches into stone-printed plates for *Egypt & Nubia*, published in London by F.G. Moon between 1846 and 1849. The temple grew over many centuries, and its towering pylons and columns, dedicated largely to the god Amun, show how the Egyptian builders worked on a monumental scale. Roberts's views helped shape European images of ancient Egypt for a generation of readers.
| 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. 32. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,464 × 1,190 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217957 |
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