The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of May 3, 2024
Egypt and Nubia, Volume II: Pyramids of Geezeh
1848
(British, 1806–1885)
published by
after David Roberts
(Scottish, 1796–1864)
Sheet: 43.8 x 60.2 cm (17 1/4 x 23 11/16 in.); Image: 34 x 53.5 cm (13 3/8 x 21 1/16 in.)
Bequest of John Bonebrake 2012.155
Catalogue raisonné: Abbey 272:67
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Louis Haghe was appointed Lithographer to the Queen in 1838.Description
Throughout the 1800s and into the 1900s, prints, paintings, and photographs, like Louis Haghe’s Egypt and Nubia series, brought back by artists who voyaged to Egypt, inspired American and European artists, architects, and designers to emulate ancient Egyptian motifs and styles. Egyptomania blossomed through the 1800s and can be seen in architecture around cities like Washington, DC, and in the interiors of aristocratic homes, as well as in funerary monuments, such as in Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio. Looking back at these creations provides an interesting historical groundwork for debating who has the right to interpret Egyptian motifs and styles.- [Otto Schreiber]
- Egyptomania: Fashion's Conflicted Obsession. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 1, 2023-January 28, 2024).Nineteenth-Century Views of Egypt.(CMA, May 19-September 9, 1992
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2012.155