In the slave market of Cairo / David Roberts, R.A. – Antique Print
![In the slave market of Cairo / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b4/b430e024729d-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: In the slave market of Cairo / David Roberts, R.A., preserved in this antique lithograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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In the slave market of Cairo / David Roberts, R.A.
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Roberts drew this scene of the slave market in Cairo during his 1838 to 1839 tour of Egypt, and it appeared as a color lithograph in the third volume of *Egypt & Nubia*, published in London by F.G. Moon between 1846 and 1849. Louis Haghe transferred Roberts's sketch to stone, so the finished plate reflects the artist's eye for architecture and crowds as well as his on-the-spot observation. Printed for a British readership that had abolished both the slave trade and slavery in its colonies, the plate offered viewers a view of a trade that was still legal in Egypt at the time. It is worth looking closely at how the figures are arranged around the market space.
| 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. 3, p. 27. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,469 × 1,196 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217990 |
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