Bethlehem April 6th 1839 – Vintage Print
![Bethlehem April 6th 1839, [published 1843] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8a/8ab174da64ca-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
Step back in time with Bethlehem April 6th 1839, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Order it framed and ready to hang, or unframed to match a frame you already love. 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.
Bethlehem April 6th 1839
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 Bethlehem on April 6, 1839, during the Scottish painter's tour of the Levant, and the lithograph shows the town as it looked to a European traveler in that era. Louis Haghe, a Belgian-born lithographer working in London, turned Roberts's pencil drawing into a color plate that appeared in the second volume of *The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia*, issued in parts between 1842 and 1845. Such prints were prized by Victorian readers who had never left home, and they helped shape a popular picture of the Holy Land as a place of biblical memory. The plate's date in its title records the day of the sketch, a detail that ties the finished image to a firsthand encounter rather than to imagination.
| 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. 11-13, p. 12. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 3, pl. 53, p 8-9. Tooley, no. 84 |
| Subjects | Bethlehem--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,465 × 1,163 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217498 |
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.
