Part of the Portico of Edfou

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Titled: David Roberts RA L Haghe Litho. Portico of the Temple Edfou Upper Egypt Nov 23rd 1838Gaza, March 21st 1839. Un-coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts from Robert's Egypt and Nubia, published by FG Moon, in 1846, sheet 617*439 mm, Image 510*329 mm, No 4 to bottom left corner, light margin edge browning, tiny pin hole to each corner. (Abbey Travel 272.10). 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).