Interior of the mosque of the Metwalys / David Roberts, R.A. – Antique Print
![Interior of the mosque of the Metwalys / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9e/9e13f238ecb4-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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Step back in time with Interior of the mosque of the Metwalys / David Roberts, R.A., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Interior of the mosque of the Metwalys / David Roberts, R.A.
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Roberts's interior view takes the viewer inside a mosque used by the Metwalys, a Shia community in Egypt, rather than the grander Sunni monuments that dominate most of his Cairo scenes. He made his sketches on the spot during his travels in Egypt and Nubia in 1838 and 1839. The lithograph was prepared by Louis Haghe for the third volume of *Egypt & Nubia*, published in London in parts between 1846 and 1849. Haghe's color work gives the plate much of its warmth and sense of the building's light and carved detail.
| 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. 20. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,166 × 1,465 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217993 |
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