Mosque of Sultan Hassan, Cairo / David Roberts, R.A. – Historic Print
![Mosque of Sultan Hassan, Cairo / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f7/f7277a694071-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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Mosque of Sultan Hassan, Cairo / David Roberts, R.A.
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The Mosque of Sultan Hassan, a Mamluk-era mosque begun in the 1350s, is the subject here, shown with its massive stone walls and towering portal. David Roberts sketched the scene on the spot during his travels in Egypt in 1838 and 1839, and Louis Haghe transferred it to a color lithograph for *Egypt & Nubia*, published in London by F.G. Moon between 1846 and 1849. It appears on page 8 of the third volume, where its dramatic scale helped shape how European readers pictured Cairo's medieval 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. 8. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,469 × 1,176 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217996 |
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