General View of the Island of Philae, Nubia

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Titled: General View of the Island of Philae, Nubia Nov 18th, 1838, 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 1846, sheet 597*417 mm, Image 523*363 mm, published with out the main lower margin title, old mark along top, light marginal foxing & edge browning, tiny pin hole to each corner. (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).