Temple at Esneh Nov 25th 1838 / David Roberts, R.A. – Antique Wall Art
![Temple at Esneh Nov 25th 1838 / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e4/e4d1a3cd11b6-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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Temple at Esneh Nov 25th 1838 / David Roberts, R.A. comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Temple at Esneh Nov 25th 1838 / David Roberts, R.A.
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The temple at Esneh, a town on the Nile south of Luxor, is the subject of this view, which Roberts sketched on November 25, 1838, during the Egyptian tour that produced his best-known work. The hall shown is the surviving portico of a temple dedicated to the ram-headed god Khnum, and much of its carved stonework dates from the Roman period rather than the older pharaonic age. Louis Haghe's color lithograph appeared in part 24 of *Egypt & Nubia*, published in London between 1846 and 1849, and plates like this gave European readers a sense of the scale and light of these ruins. Worth noticing are the heavy columns and the way the monument sat close to the town's buildings, a reminder of how ancient sites then stood among living communities.
| 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. 1, pt. 24. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,465 × 1,177 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217940 |
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