Petra March 8th 1839 / David Roberts. – Historic Reproduction
![Petra March 8th 1839 / David Roberts., [published between 1844 and 1845] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/96/963b2bab2cd0-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 antique lithograph of Petra March 8th 1839 / David Roberts. brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Petra March 8th 1839 / David Roberts.
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Petra, the rock-cut city of the Nabataeans in what is now southern Jordan, is the subject here, shown as Roberts recorded it on March 8, 1839, during the Scottish painter's travels in the Near East. The lithograph was prepared by Louis Haghe from Roberts's on-the-spot sketches and published in London between 1842 and 1845 as part of The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia. Roberts's work helped European audiences see Petra at a time when few Western travelers had reached it, and the carved façades and tombs in the print reflect the broader nineteenth-century fascination with the ancient Middle East.
| Created / published | [published between 1844 and 1845] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| 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. 14-15, p. 8. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 4, pl. 94, p. 52. Tooley, no. 95 Exhibited: Jordanian Display" at the Library of Congress |
| Subjects | Petra (Extinct city)--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,447 × 1,165 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217508 |
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