Bazaar of the silk mercers, Cairo / David Roberts, R.A. – Antique Wall Art
![Bazaar of the silk mercers, Cairo / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ea/ea5681e68413-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 Bazaar of the silk mercers, Cairo / 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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Bazaar of the silk mercers, Cairo / David Roberts, R.A.
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The bazaar of the silk mercers in Cairo is shown as a busy covered market, rendered in color lithography for the third volume of David Roberts's *Egypt & Nubia*. Roberts, a Scottish painter, traveled through Egypt and Nubia in 1838 and 1839 and made his sketches on the spot, and the plates were translated into lithographs by Louis Haghe. The series appeared in London under the publisher F. G. Moon between 1846 and 1849, and it helped shape how European readers pictured Middle Eastern cities in the mid-nineteenth century. Its detailed street scenes are often valued today as records of local trades and architecture.
| 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. 10. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,178 × 1,483 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217998 |
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