Arabs of the Tribe of the Benisaid Feby 17th 1839 – Vintage Wall Art
![Arabs of the Tribe of the Benisaid Feby 17th 1839, [published between 1844 and 1845] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/77/77b0c75b8091-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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This antique lithograph of Arabs of the Tribe of the Benisaid Feby 17th 1839 brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Arabs of the Tribe of the Benisaid Feby 17th 1839
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Few plates in Roberts's Holy Land series show a people as directly as this one, which depicts Arabs of the Benisaid tribe as Roberts saw them on February 17, 1839. He sketched the scene on the spot during his journey through Egypt, Syria and the Holy Land, and the lithographer Louis Haghe turned the drawings into color plates for the London edition issued by F.G. Moon between 1842 and 1845. Victorian readers prized such images as a window onto a region few of them would ever visit. Its value lies in the close attention to dress and bearing, recorded by a draftsman working from life.
| Created / published | [published between 1844 and 1845] |
|---|---|
| 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. 3, pts. 14-15, p. 1. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 5, pl. 123, p. 58. Tooley, no. 88 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,165 × 1,469 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217501 |
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