Principal court of the convent of St. Catherine / David Roberts, R.A. – Vintage Wall Art
![Principal court of the convent of St. Catherine / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1844 and 1845] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/91/91699aa6fad0-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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This rare antique lithograph captures Principal court of the convent of St. Catherine / David Roberts, R.A. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Principal court of the convent of St. Catherine / David Roberts, R.A.
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Few views in David Roberts's Holy Land series carry as much weight as this one of the principal court of the convent of St. Catherine, the Greek Orthodox monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai in the Sinai Peninsula. The monastery, traditionally built around the site where Moses is said to have seen the burning bush, was among the most remote and fortified religious houses in the region, and its enclosed courtyard offered Roberts a rare look at a space few European travelers had been able to enter. Louis Haghe's color lithograph, issued in London by F. G. Moon in parts between 1842 and 1845, turns Roberts's sketch into a carefully layered scene of stone walls and monastic life. The print was made for the published volumes of The Holy Land, where it helped fuel a European appetite for accurate pictures of biblical places.
| Created / published | [published between 1844 and 1845] |
|---|---|
| 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. 3, pts. 19-20, p. 8. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 5, pl. 117, p. 8. Tooley, no. 119 |
| Subjects | Saint Catherine (Monastery : Mount Sinai)--1840-1850. |
| 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-217531 |
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