[from the road leading to Bethany] April 9th 1839 Jerusalem / David Roberts. – Antique Print
![[from the road leading to Bethany] April 9th 1839 Jerusalem / David Roberts., [published 1842] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d1/d18ed8062c8b-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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This rare antique lithograph captures [from the road leading to Bethany] April 9th 1839 Jerusalem / David Roberts. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[from the road leading to Bethany] April 9th 1839 Jerusalem / David Roberts.
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Sketched from the road leading to Bethany, a village on the eastern slope of the Mount of Olives, this view was drawn by David Roberts on April 9, 1839, during his travels in the Holy Land. Roberts, a Scottish painter, made his sketches on the spot, and Louis Haghe later turned them into color lithographs for *The Holy Land*, published in London between 1842 and 1845. In the Gospels, Bethany is the home of Lazarus, Mary and Martha, so the place carried deep scriptural meaning for the book's readers.
| Created / published | [published 1842] |
|---|---|
| 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. 1, pts. 3-4, p. 1. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 1, pl. 5, p. 24-25. Tooley, no. 5 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,461 × 1,175 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217432 |
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