Petra looking south March 9th 1839 / David Roberts. – Historic Print
![Petra looking south March 9th 1839 / David Roberts., [published between 1844 and 1845] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/7c/7c960c63a507-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.)
Description
Petra looking south March 9th 1839 / David Roberts. comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Petra looking south March 9th 1839 / David Roberts.
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Roberts sketched this view of Petra on March 9, 1839, during the Scottish painter's journey through the Levant, and the lithograph shows the rose-red cliffs of the ancient Nabataean city stretching away toward the south. Louis Haghe turned Roberts's on-the-spot drawing into color stone lithography for *The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia*, a multi-part series issued in London by F.G. Moon between 1842 and 1845. Few European artists had reached Petra by then, and the plates in this set helped define the city's dramatic image for Victorian readers. Notice how the carved façades and open valley sit within the scale of the surrounding rock.
| 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. 16-18, p. 6. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 4, pl. 84, p. 26. Tooley, no. 105 |
| Subjects | Petra (Extinct city)--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,445 × 1,159 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217518 |
More from the Middle East & Holy Land collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
