Grand Approach to the Temple of Philae. Nubia ROBERTS David 1796-1864 Publisher: F.G.Moon Publish Year: 1847 Publish Place: London, 20, Threadneedle St. Illustrator: ROBERTS David. HAGHE David 1806-1885 Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 006906 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: No Binding Book Type: Unknown Edition: Unknown Inscription: Unknown £200 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information Titled: Grand Approach to the Temple of Philae... Nubia David Roberts RA L Haghe Lith. Un-coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts from Robert's Egypt and Nubia, published by FG Moon, in 1847, sheet 615*440 mm, Image 516*344 mm, light marginal foxing & edge browning, small 12 mm margin tear, 3 tiny pin holes. (Abbey 272.26). Roberts made 247 large coloured lithographs executed by Louis Haghe for The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia (1842-9). No publication before this had presented so comprehensive a series of views of the monuments, landscape, and people of the Near East. Roberts was to paint more oils of the East than of any other region he visited, exhibiting thirty-one at the Royal Academy alone. These received critical acclaim and sold for high prices. The works remain keenly sought after to this day. Copies of the lithographs likewise remain popular, both as market-stall souvenirs or in travel advertisements, and in facsimile editions. (ODNB).
