Baalbec from the Fountain May 7th 1839 – Vintage Wall Art
![Baalbec from the Fountain May 7th 1839, [published 1843] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a4/a477ae4833e0-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 Baalbec from the Fountain May 7th 1839, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Baalbec from the Fountain May 7th 1839
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Roberts dated this view of Baalbek to May 7, 1839, and it was taken from a spot near the fountain, looking across the ruins of the great Roman sanctuary in the Lebanese town. Known in antiquity as Heliopolis, the city was rarely reached by European travelers at the time, and Roberts's views of its temples found a wide audience in print. Louis Haghe turned the drawings into color lithographs for *The Holy Land*, which the London publisher F.G. Moon issued in parts from 1842 to 1845. The prints helped shape how Victorian readers pictured the classical East.
| 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. 7-8, p. 1. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 2, pl. 49, p. 64. Tooley, no. 44 |
| Subjects | Ba'labakk (Lebanon)--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,268 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217460 |
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