Approach to Petra an ancient watch tower commanding the Valley of El Ghor Feb. 5th 1839 – Vintage Wall Art
![Approach to Petra an ancient watch tower commanding the Valley of El Ghor Feb. 5th 1839, [published between 1844 and 1845] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ae/ae58a15f35c6-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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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Approach to Petra an ancient watch tower commanding the Valley of El Ghor Feb. 5th 1839. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Approach to Petra an ancient watch tower commanding the Valley of El Ghor Feb. 5th 1839
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This print shows the approach to Petra rather than the rose-red façades most visitors picture: an ancient watch tower overlooking the Valley of El Ghor, the deep rift that runs south toward the Dead Sea. David Roberts made the drawing on the spot on February 5, 1839, during his tour of the Near East, and Louis Haghe turned it into a color lithograph for *The Holy Land*, published in London by F.G. Moon between 1842 and 1845. Roberts's views helped introduce Petra to European audiences, and the approach scenes convey how travelers reached the city through the surrounding rocky terrain.
| Created / published | [published between 1844 and 1845] |
|---|---|
| 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. 3, pts. 14-15, p. 5. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 4, pl. 90, p. 42. Tooley, no. 92 |
| Subjects | Petra (Extinct city)--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,448 × 1,149 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217505 |
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