Cairo / David Roberts, R.A. – Antique Wall Art
![Cairo / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/82/826a9fecc732-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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Step back in time with Cairo / David Roberts, R.A., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Cairo / David Roberts, R.A.
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Roberts drew this view of Cairo during his Egyptian tour of 1838 and 1839, and it appeared as a color lithograph in the third volume of *Egypt & Nubia*, published in London between 1846 and 1849. Louis Haghe transferred Roberts's sketches to stone, and the finished plates were prized for combining topographical accuracy with the atmosphere of the city's skyline and streets. Cairo at that time was a dense Ottoman-era city of minarets and domes, and Roberts's record of it captured a place that was changing quickly under Muhammad Ali's modernization programs.
| 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, p. 23. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,482 × 1,203 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217982 |
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