Gate of Damascus Jerusalem April 14th 1839 – Antique Print
![Gate of Damascus Jerusalem April 14th 1839, [published 1842] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9f/9f1edca07f42-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: Gate of Damascus Jerusalem April 14th 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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Gate of Damascus Jerusalem April 14th 1839
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The Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, drawn on April 14, 1839, is the subject of this color lithograph, which the Scottish painter David Roberts sketched on the spot during his tour of the Near East. Roberts traveled through Egypt, Nubia, and the Holy Land in the late 1830s, and his sketches were turned into lithographs by Louis Haghe for a series published in London between 1842 and 1845. The gate, built in the sixteenth century under Ottoman rule, was the busiest northern entrance to the walled Old City, so the plate captures a working street rather than a monument alone. Note the hand-applied color, which gave the series its popularity with European buyers.
| Created / published | [published 1842] |
|---|---|
| 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. 1, pts. 1-2, p. 3. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 1, pl. 6, p. 26. Tooley, no. 2 |
| Subjects | Damascus Gate (Jerusalem)--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,465 × 1,170 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217422 |
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