Tag: David Roberts

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. David Roberts, watercolorist. Louis Haghe, lithographer.

"The mosque of El Hakim and environs, Cairo." 1849.
“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.
“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." 1840's.
‘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.
“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

The Levant and further east through a romantic Scottish veil by early Victorian painter David Roberts (1796-1864).

"Cairo." Undated.
“Cairo.” Undated. Painting. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via http://www.davidrobertslithographs.com/whoisdr1.html
"Hindoo (Hindu) architecture, a composition."
“Hindoo (Hindu) architecture, a composition.” 1829. Oil on panel. Image © National Galleries of Scotland. Photo credit: Antonia Reeve. Fair use license. via https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/91247/0/hindoo-architecture-composition?overlay=download
Interior of the Mosque of Sultan Hassan, which was completed in 1359.
“Interior of the Mosque of Sultan Hassan, Cairo, which was completed in 1359, during the Mamluk era in Egypt. Undated. Lithograph. In the public domain because the artists have been dead over 70 years. via http://www.salongen.no/619/

Many if not most of the artist’s work were sold as lithographs. Some of his of Ancient Egypt I used in an earlier post which you might want to look at.