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Egypt and Nubia, Volume III: Mosque of Sultan Hassan, from the Great Square of the Rameyleh

1849
(British, 1806–1885)
(Scottish, 1796–1864)
England
color lithograph
Support: Wove paper
Sheet: 43.8 x 60.3 cm (17 1/4 x 23 3/4 in.); Image: 32.8 x 48.6 cm (12 15/16 x 19 1/8 in.)
Bequest of John Bonebrake 2012.178
Catalogue raisonné: Abbey 272:124
Location: 116 Islamic
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By the mid-1800s, the complexities of printing in numerous colors had been mastered, culminating in one of the high points of European printmaking. The plates drawn by Louis Haghe, which copy the watercolors that David Roberts made in Egypt, are examples of color lithography. Haghe, a Scottish topographical and architectural artist, spent a year traveling across this ancient land in 1838. The resulting prints––the first comprehensive series of views of the monuments, landscapes, and people of the Near East––were appreciated for their brilliant color and large scale.
Egypt and Nubia, Volume III: Mosque of Sultan Hassan, from the Great Square of the Rameyleh

Egypt and Nubia, Volume III: Mosque of Sultan Hassan, from the Great Square of the Rameyleh

1849

Louis Haghe, F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, London, David Roberts

(British, 1806–1885), (Scottish, 1796–1864)
England

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