Ruins of Luxor, from the south west / David Roberts, R.A. – Vintage Print
![Ruins of Luxor, from the south west / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/eb/eb1a69d7bdeb-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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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Ruins of Luxor, from the south west / David Roberts, R.A.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Ruins of Luxor, from the south west / David Roberts, R.A.
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Seen from the southwest, the great temple complex at Luxor stands above the modern town, a view that places the ruins of ancient Thebes against the Nile. David Roberts, the Scottish painter, traveled through Egypt and Nubia in 1838 and 1839 and made his drawings on the spot. Louis Haghe turned those sketches into colored lithographs for this series, which London publisher F.G. Moon issued between 1846 and 1849. Notice how Roberts gives the massive columns and walls room against the open sky, a choice that made Egypt's monuments seem vast to European viewers at the time.
| 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. 15. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,473 × 1,177 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217905 |
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