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Egypt and Nubia, Volume II: Statues of Memnon at Thebes, during the Inundation

1848

Louis Haghe

(British, 1806–1885)
published by

F. G. Moon

(British, 1797–1871)

after David Roberts

(Scottish, 1796–1864)
Culture
England, 19th century
Medium
color lithograph
Support
Wove paper
Measurements
Sheet: 43.5 x 60.3 cm (17 1/8 x 23 3/4 in.); Image: 35.1 x 51.7 cm (13 13/16 x 20 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of John Bonebrake 2012.252
Catalogue raisonné
Abbey 272:79
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

By the mid 19th century, the complexities of printing in numerous colors had been mastered, culminating in one of the high points of European printmaking. The plates drawn by Haghe, which copy the watercolors that David Roberts made in Egypt, are exquisite examples of color lithography. Egypt was a distant, mysterious country for Europeans and Haghe, a Scottish topographical and architectural artist who spent the year of 1838 traveling across this ancient land. The resulting prints—the first comprehensive series of views of the monuments, landscapes, and people of the Near East—were especially appreciated for their brilliant color and large scale.
A horizontally oriented color lithograph depicts two massive, weathered stone statues of seated figures rising from water. A pale sun sits on the horizon between them. In the foreground, men with dark skin tones work around a stone fragment; one stands with a staff while others crouch. Muted yellow and brown tones saturate the cloudy sky and water. Distant ruins and cattle appear on the far left.

Egypt and Nubia, Volume II: Statues of Memnon at Thebes, during the Inundation

1848

Louis Haghe, F. G. Moon, David Roberts

(British, 1806–1885), (British, 1797–1871), (Scottish, 1796–1864)
England, 19th century

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