The Great Sphinx, pyramids of Girzeh / David Roberts, R.A. – Antique Wall Art
![The Great Sphinx, pyramids of Girzeh / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/90/90869c3b4af6-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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The Great Sphinx, pyramids of Girzeh / David Roberts, R.A. comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The Great Sphinx, pyramids of Girzeh / David Roberts, R.A.
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Roberts's view of the Great Sphinx at Giza, which he spelled "Girzeh," shows the monument with the great pyramids rising behind it, a pairing that by then had become the standard image of Egypt for European viewers. Roberts, a Scottish painter, traveled through Egypt and Nubia in 1838 and 1839 and made his drawings on the spot. Louis Haghe turned them into color lithographs for the multi-part series *Egypt & Nubia*, published in London by F. G. Moon between 1846 and 1849. Prints like this one helped shape how Victorian readers pictured ancient Egypt, and the Sphinx's worn, weathered face is worth a close look.
| 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. 1, pt. 17. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,465 × 1,176 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217910 |
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