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

1849

Louis Haghe

(British, 1806–1885)
published by

F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, London

after David Roberts

(Scottish, 1796–1864)
Culture
England
Medium
color lithograph
Support
Wove paper
Measurements
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.)
Credit Line
Bequest of John Bonebrake 2012.178
Catalogue raisonné
Abbey 272:124
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

The Mosque of Sultan Hassan was built near the Citadel of Cairo between 1356 and 1363.

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 a vast sandy plaza under a pale, hazy sky. On the left, the tan stone Mosque of Sultan Hassan rises with a tiered minaret and a central dome. In the foreground, a dense crowd of people in traditional robes and turbans gathers near several camels. Smaller buildings and a slender tower stand on the right horizon. Text is printed along the bottom edge of the scene.

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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