Sarepta April 27th 1839 / David Roberts, R.A. – Vintage Wall Art
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(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: Sarepta April 27th 1839 / David Roberts, R.A., preserved in this antique lithograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Sarepta April 27th 1839 / David Roberts, R.A.
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Roberts's title names the place as Sarepta, the ancient town the Bible calls Zarephath, on the Phoenician coast near Sidon, in what is now Lebanon. He sketched it during his 1839 journey through the region, and it appears in *The Holy Land*, the large lithographic series that Louis Haghe translated from his drawings and that F. G. Moon published in London between 1842 and 1845. The town is best known from the story of the prophet Elijah and the widow who shared her last meal with him. By the time Roberts visited, the site was largely ruins, which gives the print its quiet, melancholy air.
| Created / published | [published 1843] |
|---|---|
| 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. 2, pts. 9-10, p. 13. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 2, pl. 41, p. 46. Tooley, no. 71 |
| Subjects | Zarephath (Extinct city)--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,457 × 1,182 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217485 |
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