Ashdod March 24th 1839 / David Roberts, R.A. – Vintage Wall Art
![Ashdod March 24th 1839 / David Roberts, R.A., [published 1843] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8b/8b6c99d91e13-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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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Ashdod March 24th 1839 / David Roberts, R.A.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Ashdod March 24th 1839 / David Roberts, R.A.
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Ashdod, one of the five Philistine cities named in the Bible, is the subject here, sketched by David Roberts on March 24, 1839, during the tour of Egypt and the Holy Land that produced his best-known views. Louis Haghe turned Roberts's drawing into a color lithograph for *The Holy Land*, published in London by F. G. Moon in the early 1840s. Such plates let Victorian readers who would never make the journey see biblical places as they looked in the 1830s, when much of the region was still lightly visited by European artists. The print is worth noticing for how it blends careful topography with the romantic atmosphere that made Roberts's work so popular.
| 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. 14. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 3, pl. 69, p. 50. Tooley, no. 57 |
| Subjects | Ashdod (Israel)--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,451 × 1,162 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217472 |
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