The convent of St. Catherine Mount Sinai looking towards the plain of the encampment Feby 21st 1839 / David Roberts, R.A. – Vintage Print
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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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A window into the past: The convent of St. Catherine Mount Sinai looking towards the plain of the encampment Feby 21st 1839 / David Roberts, R.A., preserved in this antique lithograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The convent of St. Catherine Mount Sinai looking towards the plain of the encampment Feby 21st 1839 / David Roberts, R.A.
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Few places in the Holy Land are as isolated as the fortified walls of St. Catherine's Monastery, which David Roberts drew from the mountain itself in February 1839. The view looks out over the plain below, which tradition identifies as the encampment of the Israelites. Louis Haghe lithographed the drawing in color for Roberts's *The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia*, issued in London by F. G. Moon in parts between 1842 and 1845. The sixth-century monastery, built near the site traditionally linked to the Burning Bush, was among the most visited Christian sites in the region, and Roberts's sketch preserves its enclosed, almost citadel-like appearance at a time when European travelers were only beginning to reach it in numbers.
| Created / published | [published between 1844 and 1845] |
|---|---|
| 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. 3, pts. 19-20, p. 4. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 5, pl. 113, p. 36. Tooley, no. 115 |
| Subjects | Saint Catherine (Monastery : Mount Sinai)--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,462 × 1,162 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217528 |
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