Egypt and Nubia, Volume III: Approach of the Simoon-Desert at Gizeh
Medium
color lithograph
Dimensions
image: 33.1 × 48.5 cm · sheet: 43.6 × 60.4 cm
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of John Bonebrake
Accession Number
2012.263
Tags
male
About this artwork
The invention of photography was announced in 1839, but photographers did not arrive in Egypt until around 1850. Prior to that, general knowledge about the ancient sites came from writings and reproductions of the paintings and drawings of adventurous artists. Roberts, the first British artist to produce a series of Egyptian views, traveled through the Middle East in 1838–40. Back in England, he worked with Haghe to translate his drawings into color lithographs, which were published between 1842...