Ruins of the Temple of Kardeseh, Nubia / David Roberts, R.A. – Vintage Print
![Ruins of the Temple of Kardeseh, Nubia / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c1/c10502fe352b-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 Ruins of the Temple of Kardeseh, Nubia / 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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Ruins of the Temple of Kardeseh, Nubia / David Roberts, R.A.
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Roberts drew the ruins of this small Nubian temple on the spot during his journey up the Nile, when European travelers were just beginning to record the monuments of Lower Nubia in detail. The finished color lithograph was made by Louis Haghe, who turned many of Roberts's sketches into the large plates that made *Egypt & Nubia* popular in Britain. Published in parts between 1846 and 1849, the series helped define how the public pictured ancient Egypt and Nubia in the nineteenth century. The plate is worth noticing for its careful attention to the masonry and the desert setting, which show the temple as a ruin already emptied of its earlier life.
| 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. 27. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,469 × 1,177 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217959 |
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