Entrance at the Temple of Amun--Thebes / David Roberts, R.A. – Antique Print
![Entrance at the Temple of Amun--Thebes / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/86/862ea6c6e67d-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 Entrance at the Temple of Amun--Thebes / David Roberts, R.A., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Entrance at the Temple of Amun--Thebes / David Roberts, R.A.
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Roberts's lithograph shows the entrance to the Temple of Amun at Thebes, the vast sacred complex at Karnak on the east bank of the Nile, near modern Luxor. David Roberts, a Scottish painter, traveled through Egypt and Nubia in 1838 and 1839 and recorded monuments on the spot, and this plate was one of many he prepared for a multivolume publication. Louis Haghe turned his sketches into color lithographs, which allowed British readers in the 1840s to see Egypt's ruins in a form close to the original drawings. The print is valued for showing how European audiences first pictured ancient Egyptian architecture.
| 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. 2, pt. 10. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,454 × 1,169 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217946 |
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