Cairo from the gate of Citizenib, looking toward the desert of Suez / David Roberts, R.A. – Historic Reproduction
![Cairo from the gate of Citizenib, looking toward the desert of Suez / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/79/79f461fcfb34-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 rare antique lithograph captures Cairo from the gate of Citizenib, looking toward the desert of Suez / David Roberts, R.A. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Cairo from the gate of Citizenib, looking toward the desert of Suez / David Roberts, R.A.
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Looking out from a city gate, this view turns toward the desert road that leads to Suez, with the walls of Cairo on one side and open sand on the other. David Roberts, the Scottish painter, made his sketches on the spot during his travels in Egypt in 1838 and 1839. Louis Haghe turned them into this color lithograph, which was published in London by F.G. Moon between 1846 and 1849 as part of *Egypt & Nubia*. The print reflects the picturesque taste of its day, when European readers eagerly looked to the Near East through such images.
| 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, pt. 26. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,469 × 1,169 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217994 |
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