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Egypt and Nubia, Volume III, No. 26, Cairo, Looking West

Egypt and Nubia, Volume III, No. 26, Cairo, Looking West

1848
(British, 1806–1885)
(Scottish, 1796–1864)
England, 19th century
color lithograph
Sheet: 43 x 60.2 cm (16 15/16 x 23 11/16 in.); Image: 34 x 52.8 cm (13 3/8 x 20 13/16 in.)
Bequest of John Bonebrake 2012.164
Catalogue raisonné: Abbey 272:100
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

The Cairo skyline is pierced by minarets, the slender mosque towers from which the Muslim faithful would be called to prayer.

Description

This printed leaf depicts a panoramic scene of Cairo around the 1800s, viewed from the west.

David Roberts was among the earliest British artists to travel to the Middle East in 1838–39, a trip that resulted in more than 250 drawings depicting Egypt and the Holy Land. He later worked with printer Louis Haghe to translate these works into lithography to reach a wider audience at a time of expanding European colonialism.
  • (Otto Schreiber)
    ?–2012
    John Bonebrake [1918–2011], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2012–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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