The holy tree, Metereah / David Roberts, R.A. – Historic Print
![The holy tree, Metereah / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/94/943c46413f16-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 holy tree, Metereah / David Roberts, R.A. comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The holy tree, Metereah / David Roberts, R.A.
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The holy tree at Matariya, a village northeast of Cairo, was a sycamore fig that local tradition linked to the Holy Family's rest during their flight into Egypt, and it drew pilgrims of several faiths for centuries. David Roberts sketched Egypt on his 1838 to 1839 journey, and Louis Haghe turned those drawings into lithographs for *Egypt & Nubia*, published in London by F. G. Moon in parts between 1846 and 1849. Roberts's views of Egyptian monuments and sites were among the most widely circulated images of the country in the mid-nineteenth century, and this plate shows the Western public's growing appetite for the biblical landscape.
| 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. 3, p. 15. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,140 × 1,458 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218015 |
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