Colossus in front of Temple of Wady Saboua--Nubia / David Roberts, R.A. – Historic Reproduction
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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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This antique lithograph of Colossus in front of Temple of Wady Saboua--Nubia / David Roberts, R.A. brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Colossus in front of Temple of Wady Saboua--Nubia / David Roberts, R.A.
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The colossal figure in this color lithograph stands before the rock-cut temple at Wadi es-Sebua, a site in Lower Nubia that the record spells "Saboua." David Roberts sketched it during his travels in Egypt and Nubia in 1838 and 1839, and Louis Haghe turned those drawings into lithographs for *Egypt & Nubia*, issued in parts by F.G. Moon in London between 1846 and 1849. The plate shows how the statues and temple were cut directly into the cliff face, and it gives a sense of the scale that drew European travelers to these monuments.
| 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. 7. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,159 × 1,473 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217974 |
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