Convent of St. Saba. ROBERTS David 1796-1864 Publisher: F.G. Moon Publish Year: 1844 Publish Place: London, 20 Thread Needle Street. Illustrator: HAGHE Louis 1806-1885 after ROBERTS David Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 006938 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: No Binding Book Type: Unknown Edition: Unknown Inscription: Unknown £175 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information Titled: Convent of St. Saba. April 1839. Contemporary hand coloured lithograph, published in 1844. Sheet 606*428 mm, Image 496*331 mm, tiny pinhole to corners. The drawings and water colours from this sketching tour by David Roberts of the Holy Land and Egypt were collated together into folios and released over a seven year period between 1842 and 1849 by the publisher F.G. Moon from 20 Threadneedle Street London. Louis Haghe (the Belgian lithographer and friend of Roberts) oversaw and produced all of the lithographs for this series.
