Modern mansion, showing the arabesque architecture of Cairo / David Roberts, R.A. – Vintage Wall Art
![Modern mansion, showing the arabesque architecture of Cairo / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/de/de2ec749d9e3-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 antique lithograph of Modern mansion, showing the arabesque architecture of Cairo / David Roberts, R.A. brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Modern mansion, showing the arabesque architecture of Cairo / David Roberts, R.A.
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Among the scenes in David Roberts's *Egypt & Nubia*, this plate shows a mansion in Cairo whose facade is covered in arabesque ornament, a style of carved and painted decoration drawn from Islamic building traditions. Roberts sketched Egypt on his travels in 1838 and 1839, and Louis Haghe turned those drawings into color lithographs for the London edition issued by F.G. Moon in the late 1840s. Prints like this one gave European readers their first detailed look at the city's domestic architecture, and the plate is worth studying for how closely Roberts recorded the ornament's intricate patterns.
| 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. 32. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,192 × 1,494 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218007 |
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