Conference of Arabs at Wady Moosa, Petra March 6th 1839 / David Roberts. – Antique Print
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(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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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Conference of Arabs at Wady Moosa, Petra March 6th 1839 / David Roberts.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Conference of Arabs at Wady Moosa, Petra March 6th 1839 / David Roberts.
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This print depicts a gathering of Arabs at Wady Musa, the valley leading to Petra, dated March 6, 1839. David Roberts made the original sketch during his travels in the region that year, and Louis Haghe turned it into a color lithograph for *The Holy Land*, published in London by F.G. Moon between 1842 and 1845. Roberts's views of Petra helped European readers picture a site that had only recently been brought to their attention, and this scene is notable for placing local people in the valley beneath the rock-cut tombs and facades.
| 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. 1. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 4, pl. 97, p. 60. Tooley, no. 100 |
| Subjects | Petra (Extinct city)--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,448 × 1,159 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217513 |
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