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Egypt, close up enough to hear the camel bells as the caravan heads for the headwaters of the Nile. One of an island off Sinai. From “Egypt & Nubia From Drawings Made On The Spot,” a series of over 200 lithographs that was published in the 1840’s. Also one of the pyramids lithographed from an 1839 drawing by David Roberts and lithographed by Louis Haghe in 1842.
“The mosque of El Hakim and environs, Cairo.” 1849. Colored lithograph. Louis Haghe, lithographer after a watercolor by David Roberts. Collection of the Wellcome Trust. Image from Wellcome Images, a website operated by Wellcome Trust. Cc0 License 4.0. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coloured_lithograph_by_Louis_Haghe_after_David_Roberts,_1849_Wellcome_V0049360.jpg “Temple at Philae, Egypt.” 1840’s. Colored lithograph. Louis Haghe, lithographer after a watercolor by David Roberts. Collection of the Wellcome Trust. Image from Wellcome Images, a website operated by Wellcome Trust. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Temple_at_Philae,_Egypt._Tinted_lithograph_by_Louis_Haghe_af_Wellcome_V0049324.jpg ‘Isle of Graia Gulf of Akabah Arabia Petraea,” from “The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia.” 1840’s. Retouched with smudges removed etc. Colored lithograph. Louis Haghe, lithographer after a watercolor by David Roberts. Collection of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Digital ID # ppmsca.08343. http://www.LOC.gov. Retouched by Gerardm and Durova. In the public domain in the United States because the artists have been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Isle_of_Graia3.jpg “Temple of Dandour – Nubia.” 1849. Colored lithograph. Louis Haghe, lithographer after a watercolor by David Roberts. Collection of the Wellcome Trust. Cc0 License 4.0. via https://wellcomecollection.org/works/z23btmt6
It is very possible that the View of the Great Pyramids of Giza added today is from the same collection as the other ones in this blog post. They would release the lithographs one by one over the course of a few years and then put together all or most of them as a portfolio or book to sell separately so hard to get an exact date on them. 1840s for sure.
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