The citadel of Cairo, residence of Mehemit Ali / David Roberts, R.A. – Historic Reproduction
![The citadel of Cairo, residence of Mehemit Ali / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/bb/bb8547d89180-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 The citadel of Cairo, residence of Mehemit Ali / David Roberts, R.A., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The citadel of Cairo, residence of Mehemit Ali / David Roberts, R.A.
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Roberts drew this view of the Citadel of Cairo, which served as the seat of Muhammad Ali Pasha, the ruler who governed Egypt from 1805 until 1848. The fortress, begun by Saladin in the 1170s on the Muqattam hills above the city, had long dominated Cairo's skyline, and Muhammad Ali's palace and building projects gave it a new political role. Roberts traveled Egypt in 1838 and 1839, and Louis Haghe's color lithograph, issued in the third volume of *Egypt & Nubia* in the late 1840s, helped bring such scenes to European readers.
| 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. 34. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,481 × 1,204 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218006 |
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