Convent of St. Saba April 4th 1839 / David Roberts, R.A. – Vintage Print
![Convent of St. Saba April 4th 1839 / David Roberts, R.A., [published 1843] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/82/82320290a5bc-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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A window into the past: Convent of St. Saba April 4th 1839 / David Roberts, R.A., preserved in this antique lithograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Convent of St. Saba April 4th 1839 / David Roberts, R.A.
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Roberts drew this view of the Convent of St. Saba, the Greek Orthodox monastery cut into the cliffs of the Kidron Valley southeast of Jerusalem, on April 4, 1839, during the travels that produced his Holy Land series. The lithograph was made by Louis Haghe and published in London in parts between 1842 and 1845, and it reached the public in the form of a colored plate for a bound volume rather than as a single sheet. Roberts's topographical work of this kind shaped how Victorian readers imagined the Holy Land, and the sheer height and fortified walls of the monastery, clinging to a gorge, are the features that most reward a close look.
| Created / published | [published 1843] |
|---|---|
| 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. 2, pts. 7-8, p. 7. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 5, pl. 102, p. 8-9. Tooley, no. 50 |
| Subjects | Mar Saba (Monastery)--1830-1840. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,463 × 1,177 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217466 |
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