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Egypt and Nubia, Volume II: Fragments of the Great Colossi at the Memnonium, Thebes

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1847

Artist

Print by Louis Haghe (1806-1885)

Collection

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Image Link

http://www.clevelandart.org/art/2012.149

Description

Additional Makers: Published by - F.G.Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, London; After - David Roberts (British, 1796-1864)
By the mid 19th century, the complexities of printing in numerous colors had been mastered, culminating in one of the high points of European printmaking. The plates drawn by Haghe, which copy the watercolors that David Roberts made in Egypt, are exquisite examples of color lithography. Egypt was a distant, mysterious country for Europeans and Haghe, a Scottish topographical and architectural artist who spent the year of 1838 traveling across this ancient land. The resulting prints—the first comprehensive series of views of the monuments, landscapes, and people of the Near East—were especially appreciated for their brilliant color and large scale. Bonebrake’s 134 prints of Egypt are an important addition to the Cleveland Museum of Art’s collection, and in a sense they have returned home: a large group of them was loaned to the 1992 exhibition Nineteenth-Century Views of Egypt.
Medium: color lithograph
Dimensions: Sheet: 43.4 x 60.4 cm (17 1/16 x 23 3/4 in.); Image: 34.8 x 51 cm (13 11/16 x 20 1/16 in.)
Credit Line: Bequest of John Bonebrake
Accesion Number: 2012.149

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CC0 1.0

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Image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Location

Thebes, Luxor, Egypt

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Archaeological Sites
Religious Buildings
Ruins

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Buildings & Architecture

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