Baalbec May 7th 1839 / David Roberts, R.A. – Vintage Print
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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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Step back in time with Baalbec May 7th 1839 / 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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Baalbec May 7th 1839 / David Roberts, R.A.
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Baalbek, the Roman-era temple complex in the Bekaa Valley of present-day Lebanon, is the subject of this view, which David Roberts sketched on May 7, 1839. Roberts, a Scottish painter and Royal Academician, toured the Levant and Egypt in those years and recorded ruins that European audiences had seen little of. The lithograph was made by Louis Haghe from Roberts's drawing and issued in parts as *The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia* between 1842 and 1845. Its tall, weathered columns of the great temple court show why the site fascinated nineteenth-century travelers.
| 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. 11-13, p. 8. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 2, pl. 50, p. 66. Tooley, no. 80 |
| Subjects | Ba'labakk (Lebanon)--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,165 × 1,469 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217494 |
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