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Egypt and Nubia, Volume I: The Great Temple of Aboo-Simble, Nubia

Egypt and Nubia, Volume I: The Great Temple of Aboo-Simble, Nubia

1846
(British, 1806–1885)
published by

F. G. Moon

(British, 1797–1871)
(Scottish, 1796–1864)
England, 19th century
color lithograph
Sheet: 43.7 x 60.3 cm (17 3/16 x 23 3/4 in.); Image: 32.8 x 48.9 cm (12 15/16 x 19 1/4 in.)
Bequest of John Bonebrake 2012.256
Catalogue raisonné: Abbey 272:8
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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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2012.256