Author: David Roberts R.A.
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Languages : en
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Book Description
Egypt and Nubia from Drawings Made on the Spot by D. Roberts
Egypt and Nubia, from Drawings Made on the Spot by David Roberts,... with Historical Descriptions by William Brockedon,...
Egypt & Nubia, from Drawings Made on the Spot by David Roberts R.A.
Egypt & Nubia
Egypt & Nubia
The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia. From Drawings Made on the Spot by D. Roberts, Etc. [A Sale Catalogue of the Remaining Impressions of this Work.]
Egypt & Nubia
Egypt & Nubia
The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, from Drawings Made on the Spot by D. Roberts ...
Egypt
Author: David Roberts
Publisher: Amer Univ in Cairo Press
ISBN: 9789774244087
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
David Roberts, one of the most skilled landscape artists of his time, set out for Egypt in 1838, where he made countless sketches of the most remarkable sites and monuments.Superb lithographs made from his work, first published between 1846 and 1848, are richly reproduced here in resplendent color, along with Roberts' diary accounts of his travels from Alexandria to the fabulous Abu Simbel temples. Each illustration, now arranged in chronological order, is accompanied by a photograph showing the same view more than 150 years later.Fabio Bourbon's lucid essay introduces anew this 19th-century virtuoso lithographer and contextualizes his images for the modern reader.
Publisher: Amer Univ in Cairo Press
ISBN: 9789774244087
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
David Roberts, one of the most skilled landscape artists of his time, set out for Egypt in 1838, where he made countless sketches of the most remarkable sites and monuments.Superb lithographs made from his work, first published between 1846 and 1848, are richly reproduced here in resplendent color, along with Roberts' diary accounts of his travels from Alexandria to the fabulous Abu Simbel temples. Each illustration, now arranged in chronological order, is accompanied by a photograph showing the same view more than 150 years later.Fabio Bourbon's lucid essay introduces anew this 19th-century virtuoso lithographer and contextualizes his images for the modern reader.