Suez Febry 11th 1839 – Historic Reproduction
![Suez Febry 11th 1839, [published between 1844 and 1845] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/97/97ee2640478a-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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A window into the past: Suez Febry 11th 1839, preserved in this antique lithograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Suez Febry 11th 1839
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Dated February 11, 1839, this view of Suez comes from the third volume of David Roberts's *The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia*. Roberts sketched the scenes on the spot during his travels in Egypt and the Holy Land in 1838 and 1839, and Louis Haghe turned the drawings into color lithographs. F.G. Moon issued the series in London in parts between 1842 and 1845, and it became one of the most widely known illustrated books of the Near East. At that time Suez, at the head of the Red Sea, was a modest port under Egyptian rule and a stop for travelers crossing between Cairo and India, which gives the plate its documentary value.
| 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. 12. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 5, pl. 121, p. 54. Tooley, no. 123 |
| Subjects | Suez (Egypt)--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,435 × 1,131 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217535 |
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