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Egypt and Nubia, Volume II: Statues of Memnon at Thebes, during the Inundation

David Roberts, Louis Haghe1848

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

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.

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  • Title: Egypt and Nubia, Volume II: Statues of Memnon at Thebes, during the Inundation
  • Creator: Louis Haghe (British, 1806-1885), F. G. Moon (British, 1797-1871), David Roberts (Scottish, 1796-1864)
  • Date Created: 1848
  • Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 43.5 x 60.3 cm (17 1/8 x 23 3/4 in.); Image: 35.1 x 51.7 cm (13 13/16 x 20 3/8 in.)
  • Provenance: [Otto Schreiber]
  • Type: Print
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.252
  • Medium: color lithograph
  • Department: Prints
  • Culture: England, 19th century
  • Credit Line: Bequest of John Bonebrake
  • Collection: PR - Lithograph
  • Accession Number: 2012.252
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