Karnac Nov 29th 1838 / David Roberts, R.A. – Vintage Wall Art
![Karnac Nov 29th 1838 / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ab/abace24097be-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 rare antique lithograph captures Karnac Nov 29th 1838 / David Roberts, R.A. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Karnac Nov 29th 1838 / David Roberts, R.A.
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Roberts sketched Karnak, the vast temple complex near Thebes on the Nile, on November 29, 1838, during his tour of Egypt and Nubia. Louis Haghe turned that sketch into this color lithograph, which F.G. Moon published in London in the later 1840s as part of the multi-volume *Egypt and Nubia*. Karnak's great hypostyle hall, with its rows of massive columns, drew European travelers and artists for generations, and Roberts's careful rendering of stone and light helped shape how Victorian readers pictured ancient Egypt.
| 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. 2, pt. 30. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,175 × 1,473 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217956 |
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