Interior of the mosque of the Sultan El Ghoree / David Roberts, R.A. – Antique Print
![Interior of the mosque of the Sultan El Ghoree / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/da/da52dd440899-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 Interior of the mosque of the Sultan El Ghoree / David Roberts, R.A., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Interior of the mosque of the Sultan El Ghoree / David Roberts, R.A.
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The print shows the interior of the mosque of Sultan al-Ghuri in Cairo, built by the Mamluk ruler Qansuh al-Ghuri in the early sixteenth century, shortly before the Ottoman conquest of Egypt. David Roberts sketched Cairo's monuments on the spot during his travels in Egypt in 1838 and 1839, and Louis Haghe turned those drawings into colored lithographs for the multivolume *Egypt and Nubia*, published in London between 1846 and 1849. European artists of the period were drawn to Mamluk-era buildings for their intricate stonework and decoration, and this view records that richness for readers who would never see the building themselves.
| 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. 36. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,470 × 1,177 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218016 |
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