Ruins called Om El Hamed near Tyre April 25th 1839 / David Roberts, R.A. – Antique Print
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(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: Ruins called Om El Hamed near Tyre April 25th 1839 / David Roberts, R.A., preserved in this antique lithograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Ruins called Om El Hamed near Tyre April 25th 1839 / David Roberts, R.A.
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Roberts sketched these ruins at Om El Hamed, near the ancient Phoenician port of Tyre, on April 25, 1839, during the journey that produced his Holy Land views. Roberts, a Scottish-born painter who later became a Royal Academician, drew on the spot, and Louis Haghe translated those sketches into this color lithograph for *The Holy Land*, issued in London in parts between 1842 and 1845. Haghe's skill with tinted stone made the plates among the most admired topographical prints of their day. Seen in the 1840s, the image gave readers a view of a little-visited coast before photography had reached the region.
| Created / published | [published 1843] |
|---|---|
| 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. 2, pts. 9-10, p. 11. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 2, pl. 40, p. 44. Tooley, no. 69 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,456 × 1,174 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217483 |
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