Baalbec May 4th 1839 – Antique Wall Art
![Baalbec May 4th 1839, [published 1843] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a4/a4b1963df4a6-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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This antique lithograph of Baalbec May 4th 1839 brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Baalbec May 4th 1839
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Baalbek, the Roman temple complex in the Bekaa Valley of present-day Lebanon, is the subject here, shown as David Roberts saw it on May 4, 1839, during his tour of the Levant. Roberts sketched the ruins on the spot, and Louis Haghe turned those drawings into color lithographs for The Holy Land, published in London in parts between 1842 and 1845. The plate is a record of a site that European travelers of the period prized for its monumental columns and temple façades, and it reflects the wider nineteenth-century fascination with the ancient Near 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. 11-13, p. 6. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 2, pl. 47, p. 60. Tooley, no. 78 |
| Subjects | Ba'labakk (Lebanon)--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,175 × 1,470 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217492 |
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