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Egypt and Nubia: Volume III–No. 38, Mosque of Sultan Hassan from the Great Square of the Rameyleh

1838

Louis Haghe

(British, 1806–1885)

after David Roberts

(Scottish, 1796–1864)
Culture
England
Medium
color lithograph
Credit Line
Gift of J. Byers Hays 1953.535
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Not on view
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Louis Haghe was appointed Lithographer to the Queen in 1838.

Description

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.
A horizontally oriented color lithograph depicts people with medium skin tones in robes foregrounded in a wide square. Some figures sit in a circle while others stand near camels and horses. On the left, a massive stone building with arched windows features a tall, tiered minaret and large dome. Smaller buildings and a distant tower appear to the right. The scene is rendered in muted beige and brown under a cloudy sky.

Egypt and Nubia: Volume III–No. 38, Mosque of Sultan Hassan from the Great Square of the Rameyleh

1838

Louis Haghe, David Roberts

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

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