Visions of a Levant that isn’t coming back. Plates from drawings by Scottish artist David Roberts (1796-1864). Most of these being of Sinai but not entirely. All of them taken from the website of Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps and Books.

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Approach to the Temple of Wady Saboua, Nubia. 1847. Part of a series of plates of David Robert’s work in the Levant that were published by F. G. Moon in London. Tinted lithograph after David Roberts. Louis Haghe, lithographer. Image © 2023 Alexandre Maps and Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.alexandremaps.com/pages/books/P518/david-roberts/approach-to-the-temple-of-wady-saboua-nubia
Ascent of the Lower Range of Sinai. 1844. Part of a series of plates of David Robert’s work in the Levant that were published by F. G. Moon in London. Tinted lithograph after David Roberts. Louis Haghe, lithographer. Image © 2023 Alexandre Maps and Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.alexandremaps.com/pages/books/P481/david-roberts/ascent-of-the-lower-range-of-sinai

Askelon. 1842. Part of a series of plates of David Robert’s work in the Levant that were published by F. G. Moon in London. Tinted lithograph after David Roberts. Louis Haghe, lithographer. Image © 2023 Alexandre Maps and Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.alexandremaps.com/pages/books/P489/david-roberts/askelon
Bab en Nasr, or Gate of Victory, and Mosque of El Hakim, Cairo. 1848. Part of a series of plates of David Robert’s work in the Levant that were published by F. G. Moon in London. Tinted lithograph after David Roberts. Louis Haghe, lithographer. Image © 2023 Alexandre Maps and Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.alexandremaps.com/pages/books/P526/david-roberts/bab-en-nasr-or-gate-of-victory-and-mosque-of-el-hakim-cairo
A Colossal Statue at the Entrance to the Temple of Luxor. 1847. Part of a series of plates of David Robert’s work in the Levant that were published by F. G. Moon in London. Tinted lithograph after David Roberts. Louis Haghe, lithographer. Image © 2023 Alexandre Maps and Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.alexandremaps.com/pages/books/P442/david-roberts/a-colossal-statue-at-the-entrace-to-the-temple-of-luxor
Colossi at Wady Saboua. 1847. Part of a series of plates of David Robert’s work in the Levant that were published by F. G. Moon in London. Tinted lithograph after David Roberts. Louis Haghe, lithographer. Image © 2023 Alexandre Maps and Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.alexandremaps.com/pages/books/P441/david-roberts/colossi-at-wady-saboua
Encampment of the Aulad-Sa’id. 1844. Part of a series of plates of David Robert’s work in the Levant that were published by F. G. Moon in London. Tinted lithograph after David Roberts. Louis Haghe, lithographer. Image © 2023 Alexandre Maps and Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.alexandremaps.com/pages/books/P480/david-roberts/encampment-of-the-aulad-said
Fortress of Akabah, Arabia Peteraea.1844. Part of a series of plates of David Robert’s work in the Levant that were published by F. G. Moon in London. Tinted lithograph after David Roberts. Louis Haghe, lithographer. Image © 2023 Alexandre Maps and Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.alexandremaps.com/pages/books/P519/david-roberts/fortress-of-akabah-arabia-peteraea
Fortress of Ibrim, Nubia. 1847. Part of a series of plates of David Robert’s work in the Levant that were published by F. G. Moon in London. Tinted lithograph after David Roberts. Louis Haghe, lithographer. Image © 2023 Alexandre Maps and Books. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.alexandremaps.com/pages/books/P528/david-roberts/fortress-of-ibrim-nubia

David Roberts first sketched in his journals “on the spot” the vaious subjects which, on returning to London, he transcribed into finished paintings and watercolors. These then formed the basis of the lithographs drawn and printed by Louis Haghe. It is interesting to note that in some instances Roberts’ original drawings were twice or three times the size of the published print, which indicated the skill of Haghe and his assistants in transferring Roberts’ designs onto lithographic stones.

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