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313 Occidental Ave S. • Seattle, WA 98104 (Map)
Director: Emily Pothast (email) • 206 624.6700
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David Roberts, R.A. (Scottish, 1796-1864)
Travels in Egypt and Nubia
Trained as a painter of theatre sets and backdrops, David Roberts rose to acclaim through his habit of traveling to foreign locations to sketch scenes for later use in creating paintings of astonishing detail. In the era before photography, the works of such "travel artists" were the only window to the outside world for many Europeans. Through his two monumental series of collaborative lithographic works, Egypt and Nubia and The Holy Land (first published in 1842-1848), David Roberts secured an unparalleled reputation in this genre.
Geographically and chronologically nestled between his journeys in Egypt and Palestine, these stunning views of ancient temples and desert panoramas are among the most beloved of Roberts' subjects.
ABOUT THE LITHOGRAPHS: Davidson Galleries handles only genuine first editions of David Roberts lithographs, all published by F.G. Moon in London between 1842 and 1849. These include the Royal Subscription Edition (RSE) Folio prints and the Standard Edition (SE) Folio prints. All RSE lithographs are hand colored and mounted to a card as issued. The SE lithographs, although they were designed to be hand colored just like the RSEs, were not hand colored by the publisher. Contemporary hand coloring, if done correctly and expertly, enhances the value and appearance of SE prints. The prints listed are all SE impressions unless otherwise noted.
Please contact the gallery for prices and availability.
• More David Roberts lithographs: Travels in the Holy Land
Alexandria to Cairo
Alexandria
Full folio. Original lithographic colors with modern hand coloring. The only print in the series featuring western ships of the time. Sketched upon Roberts’ arrival in Alexandria to begin his journey in Egypt.
Paper: 16-1/2” x 24”, Image: 14-3/4” x 20-3/8”.
[EA 001]
Interview With The Viceroy
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. One of the most highly colored lithographs as printed, and one of the few prints showing Roberts in Western dress, seated to the right of the two uniformed officers.
Paper: 16-1/2” x 23-7/8”, Image: 13-5/8” x 19-3/16”.
[EA 002]
Persian Waterwheel, Used For Irrigation In Nubia
Half folio with accompanying text below and on verso. Original lithographic colors. One of the few prints not focusing on a monument or group of native people. A very artistic piece and a favorite half folio of many collectors.
Paper: 16-1/2” x 24”, Image: 9-15/16” x 13-7/8”.
[EA 003]
Cleopatra’s Needle
Half folio with accompanying text below and on verso. Original lithographic colors. One of a number of prints featuring obelisks. The accompanying text describes aborted plans to remove the fallen obelisk in the foreground to England.
Paper: 16-1/2” x 24”, Image: 9-7/8” x 13-13/16”.
[EA 004]
The Holy Tree Of Meter
Half folio with accompanying text below and on verso. Original lithographic colors. A unique half folio print in the series featuring a tree, under which the Holy Family is said to have rested during their flight from Herod’s soldiers.
Paper: 16-1/2” x 24”, Image: 9-7/16” x 13-13/16”.
[EA 005]
Obelisk Of
Half folio with accompanying text below and on verso. Original lithographic colors. One of a number of half-folio prints featuring obelisks. .
Paper: 16-1/2” x 24”, Image: 10-3/8” x 12”.
[EA 006]
Pompey’s Pill
Half folio with accompanying text below and on verso. Original lithographic colors. One of the first sketches made by Roberts upon his arrival in Egypt. The column was originally part of a library destroyed in Julius Caesar’s siege of Alexandria.
Paper: 16-1/2” x 24”, Image: 9-7/16” x 13-13/16”.
[EA 007]
Grand Entrance to The Mosque of The Sultan Hassan
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. Vertical image from the Cairo series, among the most highly colored lithographs as printed.
Paper: 16-1/4” x 23-15/16”, Image: 12-13/16” x 19-13/16”.
[EB010]
Bazaar of the Coppersmith
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. A vertical image from the Cairo series, among the most highly colored lithographs as printed.
Paper: 14-1/2” x 23-15/16”, Image: 12-13/16” x 19-3/4”.
[EB 011]
Tombs of the Khalifs, Cairo
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. A vertical image showing one of the myriad of tombs of the “City of the Dead” in Cairo.
Image: 13-1/8” x 20-3/16”.
[EB 012]
Minarets and Grand Entrance of the Metwaleys, at Cairo
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. One of the finest of the Cairo street scenes. Considered a “signature print” of the series.
Image: 12-3/4” x 19-1/8”.
[EB 013]
The Entrance to the Citadel of Cai
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. A fine horizontal image from the Cairo series, showing the caravan departing for the annual pilgrimage to Mecca.
Image: 12-3/4” x 19-1/8”.
[EB 014]
Interior of the Mosque of the Metwaleys
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. A rare contemporary interior view of a mosque. Posing as a Muslim, Roberts entered the mosques to sketch their interiors at significant personal risk, as Christian visitors were forbidden.
Image: 13-13/16” x 19-11/16”.
[EB 015]
The Citadel of Cairo, Residence of Mehmet Ali
Full folio. Original lithographic colors with added hand coloring. Probably the best of the panoramas of Cairo, and one of the more highly colored lithographs as printed.
Image: 12-7/8” x 19-1/4”.
[EB 016]
Cairo from the Gate of Citizeneb, Toward the Desert of Suez
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. One of the very popular panoramas of the city.
Paper: 16-3/8” x 23-15/16”, Image: 12-15/16” x 19-3/16”.
[EB 017]
Mosque of Sultan Hassan [Interior]
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. A rare interior mosque view. Posing as a Muslim, Roberts entered the mosques at significant personal risk, as Christian visitors were forbidden.
Image: 13-3/16” x 20-1/8”.
[EB 018]
Cairo Looking West
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. Another of the very popular full folio panoramas of Cairo, this one with the pyramids in the distance.
Image: 13-7/16” x 20-13/16”.
[EB 019]
odern Mansion, Showing the Arabesque Architecture of Cai
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. A vertical full folio, highly colored as printed.
Image: 13-7/8” x 19-3/4”.
[EB 022]
Tombs of the Mamelooks, Cairo
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. A fine half folio view of the large funerary tomb complex at Cairo, now surrounded by modern Cairo and known as the “City of the Dead”.
Image: 9-11/16” x 13-9/16”.
[EB 023]
The Coffee House of Cairo
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. One of the most popular of the Egypt & Nubia half-folios.
Image: 9-7/8” x 13-13/16”.
[EB 024]
The Ghawazees, or Dancing Girls of Cairo
Half folio. Original lithographic colors only. One of the most popular of the Egypt & Nubia half folios, showing dancers at a dinner attended by Roberts.
Image: 9-15/16” x 14-1/8”.
[EB 025]
Bab en Nasr, Gate of Victory, Mosque El Hakim, Cairo
Half folio. Original lithographic colors.
Image: 9-1/2” x 13-3/8”.
[EB 027]
Minaret of the Mosque of El Rhamree
Half folio. Original lithographic colors.
Image: 9-11/16” x 14”.
[EB 028]
Mosque of Ayed Bey, in the Desert of Suez
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. A half folio lithograph from the last sketch made by Roberts in Cairo, before his departure for the Holy Land.
Image: 9-9/16” x 13-3/4”.
[EB 029]
Tombs of the Caliphs, with the Citadel in the Distance
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. Roberts made numerous sketches of this large complex of tombs at Cairo.
Image: 9-3/4” x 13-1/2”.
[EB 030]
The Gate of the Metwaleys, or Bab Zuweyleh
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. A half folio in the series of lithographs of the gates of the old city walls of Cairo.
Image: 10-3/16” x 14”.
[EB 031]
Principal Mosque at Boulak
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. A fine vertical image, similar to several more expensive full folios, but in smaller format.
Image: 9-9/16” x 13-5/16”.
[EB 032]
Cairo: Aqueduct of the Nile, from the Island of Rhoda
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. Showing the Roman aqueduct at Cairo.
Image: 9-1/2” x 13-11/16”.
[EB 033]
Ruined Mosques in the Desert West of the Citad
Half folio. Original lithographic colors.
Image: 9-9/16” x 12-1/4”.
[EB 034]
One of the Tombs of the Caliphs, Cai
Original lithographic colors. Showing a portion of the famous Khanqa of Sultan Faraj ibn Barquq in the Cairo tomb complex.
Image: 9-11/16” x 13-7/16”.
[EB 035]
The Nilometer on the Island of Rhoda, Cairo
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. Depicts the marker used to measure the official level of the Nile flood, upon which the year’s taxes were based.
Image: 9-7/8” x 13-15/16”.
[EB 036]
Tombs of the Memlooks, Cairo, with an Arab Funeral
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. A funeral in the Cairo tomb complex.
Image: 9-3/4” x 13-3/4”.
[EB 037]
Vignette: Street Scene in Cairo
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. One of the three Egypt & Nubia series Title Pages, intended for use in Volume 3 of the series, the lithographs of Cairo.
Image: 12-1/2” x 18-1/2”.
[EB 038]
A Group in the Slave Market in Cairo
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. A very detailed group scene from the Cairo series.
Image: 9-7/8” x 13-7/8”.
[EB 039]
Gizeh, Dendera, Karnak
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Pyramids of Geez
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. One of the most popular lithographs, showing the Great Sphinx still unexcavated in 1838.
Image: 13-3/8” x 21.
[EC 41]
The Great Sphinx, Pyramids of Giza
Full folio. Original lithographic colors with added hand coloring. An accurate depiction of the half-buried state of the Sphinx at the time of Robert’s visit.
Image: 13-3/16” x 20-15/16”.
[EC 42]
View on the Nile, Ferry to Gizeh
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. A fine view of the Gizeh ferry with the pyramids in the far distance. Among the more intensely colored lithographs as printed.
Image: 14” x 19-7/8”.
[EC 43]
The Great Sphinx, Pyramids of Gizeh
Half folio. Original lithographic colors with modern hand coloring added. The most sought after, and hence the most expensive half folio lithograph from the series.
Image: 10-1/4” x 14-3/16”.
[EC 44]
Pyramids of Geezeh, from the Nile
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. A very popular image, showing the pyramids in the distance.
Image: 9-7/8” x 13-13/16”.
[EC 45]
View from Under the Portico of the Temple of Dendera
Full folio. Original lithographic colors with added hand coloring. A key Egypt & Nubia image. The faces of the Goddess Hathor were obliterated by early Christians.
Image: 13-13/16” x 19-7/8”.
[ED 46]
Dendera
Full folio. Original lithographic colors with added hand coloring. Another view of the Pronaos of the temple, again showing the obliterated capitals.
Image: 12-7/8” x 19-1/4”.
[CAT]
Slave Boat on the Nile - View Looking Towards the Pyramids of Dashour and Saccara
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. The ancient pyramids of Dashour and Saccara, much older than those of Gizeh, are shown in the distance.
Image: 13-15/16” x 20-1/16”.
[ED 48]
Minaret of the Principal Mosque in Siout, Upper Egypt
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. Siout is now known as Asyut.
Image: 9-7/16” x13-7/16”.
[ED 49]
Lateral View of the Temple called Typhonaeum at Dendera
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. The temple is called the Typhonaeum after the figures of Typhon which frequently appear there. The main Dendera temple is in the background.
Image: 10-1/8” x 13-11/16”.
[ED 50]
Gateway at Dende
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. Depicts the buried eastern gate to the temple complex.
Image: 9-3/8” x 13-3/8”.
[ED 51]
Siout
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. The partly ruined minaret was in the city of Siout, now Asyut.
Image: 9-7/8” x 13-13/16”.
[ED 52]
Temple of Isis on the Roof of the Great Temple of Dendera
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. This small temple was built on the roof of the larger temple at Dendera, a common practice.
Image: 9-13/16” x 11-1/2”.
[ED 53]
Entrance to the Caves of Beni Hassan
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. The Middle Kingdom tomb of Ammenemes, located at Beni Hassan.
Image: 9-13/16” x 11-1/2”.
[ED 54]
Great Hall of Karnac, Thebes
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. A classic Roberts print of the Hall of Columns at Karnak, generally regarded as one of the key prints of the entire series.
Image: 12-7/8” x 18-7/8”.
[EE 55]
Karnac [Nov. 29th, 1838 - Oblique view across the Hall of Columns]
Full folio. Original lithographic colors with modern hand coloring added. One of the most sought after series of lithographs of the giant columns at Karnak.
Image: 12-15/16” x 19-1/8”.
[EE 56]
Karnac. [Dromos, or first court of the Temple]
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. A view of the courtyard in front of the Hall of Columns, showing fallen columns now restored.
Image: 12-13/16” x 19-1/4”.
[EE 58]
Ruins of Karnack
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. A view of the ancient reflecting pond with the Hall of Columns in the distance. One of the most highly colored images as printed.
Image: 13-7/8” x 20-1/8”.
[EE 59]
Karnak. [General view to Biban-al-Molook]
Original lithographic colors. A panoramic view of the huge Karnak complex, showing the remains of what had been a ceremonial lake.
Image: 12-7/8” x 19-1/4”.
[EE 60]
Vignette: Great Gateway to the Temple of Karnak
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. One of the three title vignettes from the Egypt and Nubia Volumes.
Image: 12-7/16” x 18-11/16”.
[EE 61]
Part of the Hall of Columns at Karnak, Seen from Without
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. The only Karnak half folio. The tilted columns appear in several of the lithographs, but have since been straightened.
Image: 9-15/16” x 14”.
[EE 62]
Luxor & Valley of the Kings to Kom Ombu
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Ruins of the Temple of Medamout, Near Thebes
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. The temple of Medamout is located in the Luxor/ Karnak area.
Image: 9-7/8” x 13-3/4”.
[EE 63]
Grand Entrance to the Temple of Luxor
Full folio. Original lithographic colors with added hand coloring. The temple at Luxor shown surrounded by modern mud brick buildings which have since been removed (the jars on the roofs are dovecotes).
Image: 12-7/8” x 19-1/4”.
[EF 64]
General View of the Ruins of Luxor, From the Nile
Full folio. Original lithographic colors with added hand coloring. An excellent full folio print, showing the full length of the temple at Luxor as seen from the Nile.
Image: 13-15/16” x 19-7/8”.
[EF 65]
Obelisk of Lux
Full folio. Original lithographic colors with modern hand coloring added. One of two obelisks originally at the entrance to the temple at Luxor. The foreground hole remains from the second obelisk, removed by Napoleon to Paris and now at the Place de la Concorde.
Image: 12-7/8” x 19-1/8”.
[EF 66]
Entrance of the Temple of Amun, Thebes
Full folio. Original lithographic colors with modern hand coloring. The only full folio lithograph featuring a group of figures The central figure is the Pasha’s repre-sentative and tax collector, being petitioned by the local sheik standing to his right.
Image: 13” x 18-15/16”.
[EF 67]
Entrance to the Tombs of the Kings of Thebes - Biban-el-Molook
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. Depicts the “Valley of the Kings”, across the Nile from Luxor. The entrances to many of the underground royal tombs can be seen, but Tutankamun’s tomb, located here, will not be discovered for many years yet.
Image: 12-7/8” x 19-1/4”.
[EF 68]
Lybian [sic] Chain of Mountains, from the Temple of Luxor
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. These hills surround the “Valley of the Kings”. One of the more highly colored lithographs as printed.
Image: 13-11/16” x 19-11/16”.
[EF 69]
A Colossal Statue at the Entrance to the Temple of Luxor
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. Shows one of the large statues of Ramses II at the temple of Luxor.
Image: 9-7/8” x 11-3/4”.
[EF 71]
At Luxor: Thebes
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. Shows a portion of the colonnade surrounding the courtyard of the Temple of Luxor.
Image: 10” x 13-3/4”.
[EF 72]
Ruins of Luxor from the South-West
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. The Temple of Luxor as seen from across the Nile.
Image: 9-15/16” x 13-3/4”.
[EF 73]
Statues of Memnon at Thebes, During the Inundation
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. A top image with intense lithographic colors and a dramatic subject (Roberts added the water - he was not in Egypt at the time of the flooding of the Nile).
Image: 13-3/4” x 20-5/16”.
[EG 74]
Thebes. [The Colossi of Memnon seen from the Southwest]
Full folio. Original lithographic colors with added hand coloring. One of the classic lithographs of the famous Colossi of Memnon, which formerly stood before a temple destroyed by an earthquake in 27 B.C. Thereafter, until being repaired by Septimus Severus, the northern statue was rumored to “wail”when heated by the rising sun.
Image: 12-5/8” x 19-3/16”.
[EG 75]
Fragments of the Great Colossi, at the Memnonium
Full folio. Original lithographic colors with added hand coloring. A very intensely colored lithograph as printed, with blue, pink and violet ink combinations. The Memnonium, also called the Ramesseum, was the funeral temple of Ramses II, whose fallen colossus is in the courtyard.
Image: 13-11/16” x 20-1/8”.
[EG 76]
Statues of Memnon in the Plain of Goorna
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. The Colossi of Memnon seen at their isolated site from a distance.
Image: 9-15/16” x 13-13/16”.
[EG 77]
Ruins of the Memnonium, Thebes
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. Roberts’ group approaching the Memnonium during a storm. Note the lightning striking the temple.
Image: 13-1/8” x 19-1/4”.
[EG 78]
Medinet Abou, Thebes [From a distance]
Full folio. Original litho-graphic colors. Roberts’ group approaching the temple of Medinet Abou, a large complex across the Nile from Luxor.
Image: 12-15/16” x 19-5/16”.
[EG 79]
Medinet Abou, Thebes [Grand Court, with remains of a Christian church]
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. An image of the courtyard of the temple Medinet Abou, showing the remains of a Christian church built within it.
Image: 12-15/16” x 19-3/16”.
[EG 80]
Ruins of Erment, Ancient Hermontis, Upper Egypt
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. Showing the temple of Montu, about 12 miles up the Nile from Luxor. This temple was destroyed entirely a few years after Roberts’ visit, so that its stones could be used to build a sugar refinery.
Image: 10” x 13-3/4”.
[EG 81]
View from Under the Portico of the Temple of Edfou, Upper Egypt
Original lithographic colors. A very detailed depiction of the well preserved, though then largely buried, courtyard of the temple of Edfou.
Image: 13-5/8” x 19-13/16”.
[EH 82]
Edfou (Facade of the Pronaos of Edfou - 11/24/1838)
Full folio. Original lithographic colors, with modern hand coloring added. One of two perspective views of the then half-buried temple of Edfou. Note the huts built on the roof - shown in many of the Roberts images of Egypt, and quite common at the time .
Image: 12-15/16” x 19-1/4”.
[EH 83]
Part of the Portico of Edfou
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. The second perspective view of the Portico of the Temple of Edfou.
Image: 13-1/16” x 20-1/16”.
[EH 84]
Temple of Edfou, Ancient Appolinopolis
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. A view of Edfou showing all of the elements of the temple, from the entrance pylon at right, to the naos, or sanctuary, on the left. This print provides a clear understanding of the typical layout and design of the large Egyptian Temple complexes.
Image: 13-1/4” x 19-11/16”.
[EH 85]
Remains of the Portico of the Temple of Kom Ombu
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. A very popular and widely reproduced image of the partly ruined and buried temple, since excavated and reconstructed.
Image: 13” x 19-1/4”.
[EH 86]
Ruins of Kom Ombo
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. A second view of the temple of Kom Ombo from another angle.
Image: 12-7/8” x 19-1/4”.
[EH 87]
Temple of Esneh
Full folio. Original lithographic colors, with modern hand coloring. The interior of the Ptolemaic temple of Esneh, then buried 30 feet below ground level by accumulated debris.
Image: 12-11/16” x 18-7/8”.
[EH 88]
Philae to Aboo Simbel, Maps & Portraits
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General View of Esouan and the Island of Elephantine
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. A view of the Nile at Aswan, an area now under water as a result of the construction of the Aswan High Dam.
Image: 13-7/16” x 21-1/16”.
[EH 89]
Hadjar Silsilis
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. A famous and widely reproduced scene on the Nile, north of Kom Ombo. Highly colored as printed.
Image: 13-7/16” x 21-1/16”.
[EH 90]
View Under the Grand Portico, Philae
Full folio. Original lithographic colors with modern hand coloring. It shows the original bright colors of the temple columns and roof, now almost entirely faded. This is considered a “Signature Print” of the series.
Image: 13-5/8” x 19-3/4”.
[EI 91]
The Hypaethral Temple of Philae, Called the Bed of Pharaoh
Full folio. Original lithographic colors with modern hand colored highlights. A view of the unfinished temple in the Philae complex, “hypaethral” meaning “without a roof. One of the “top ten” of all Roberts lithographs.
Image: 13-5/8” x 19-3/8”.
[EI 92]
Grand Portico of the Temple of Philae, Nubia
Full folio. Original lithographic colors with modern hand colored highlights. One of the top Roberts lithographs, showing the beautiful coloring of the Philae temple, sadly now almost entirely faded and lost.
Image: 13-5/8” x 19-3/8”.
[EI 94]
Grand Approach to the Temple of Philae, Nubia
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. The main courtyard of the Temple of Philae, with the Hypaethral Temple in the background.
Image: 13-7/16” x 20-5/8”.
[EI 95]
Island of Philae, Looking Down the Nile
Half folio. Original litho-graphic colors. The Philae temple as seen from the south. The Philae complex was dedicated to the worship of the goddess Isis, ruler of the moon, agriculture and protector of marriage.
Image: 10” x 13-7/8”.
[EI 96]
Part of the Ruins of a Temple on the Island of Bigge, Nubia
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. The island of Bigge, adjacent to Philae, was the site of the tomb of Osiris. None but the priests from Philae were permitted to set foot on the island, and they observed total silence during their visits.
Image: 9-3/16” x 13-13/16”.
[EI 97]
The Island of Philae by Sunset
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. This print has a strong peach tone in the printed inks, unique in this series.
Image: 9-15/16” x 13-13/16”.
[EI 98]
Portico of the Temple of Kalabshi
Full folio. Original lithographic colors, with modern hand coloring added. The temple of Kalabshi was one of the relatively few temples not significantly buried at the time of Roberts’ visit.
Image: 13-3/4” x 20-1/16”.
[EJ 99]
General View of Kalabshee, formerly Talmis, Nubia
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. The temple of Kalabshee is another of the sites now submerged by the waters of Lake Nasser. From 1961-1963 the temple was dismantled and moved 25 miles further south to New Kalabshee.
Image: 10” x 13-7/8”.
[EJ 100]
Excavated Temple of Gyrshe, Nubia
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. A small but elegant image. Tragically, this temple could not be moved before the waters of Lake Nasser submerged the site, and it is now lost forever.
Image: 6-7/8” x 9-3/8”.
[EJ 101]
Temple of Dandour, Nubia
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. An image of particularly fine lithography. This temple was given by Egypt to the United States as a gift for assistance in rescuing the Nile monuments from Lake Nasser, and is now reconstructed in a special room of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Image: 10-1/8” x 13-13/16”.
[EJ 102]
Temple of Wady Dabod, Nubia
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. Another half folio with particularly fine lithography. This temple was given by Egypt to Spain for its help in rescuing the Nile monuments, and has been reconstructed in a park in Madrid.
Image: 9-7/8” x 13-7/8”.
[EJ 103]
Scene on the Nile Near Wady Dabod, with Crocodiles
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. Roberts was fascinated with the crocodiles of the Nile, and this is the only lithograph depicting them, posed against the setting sun.
Image: 9-7/8” x 13-13/16”.
[EJ 104]
Appraoch to the Fortress of Ibrim, Nubia
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. A depiction of Roberts’ boat, flying the Union Jack. The sketch for this drawing was made near Abu Simbal, at the furthest southern point of Roberts’ journey.
Image: 13-1/16” x 19-1/8”.
[EJ 105]
Fortress of Ibrim, Nubia
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. This ancient fortress stood guard over the traffic along the Nile. It was entirely submerged by the waters of Lake Nasser, giving some idea of the height to which these waters rose behind the Aswan Dam.
Image: 9-15/16” x 13-7/8”.
[EJ 106]
Temple of Wady Kardassy, Nubia
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. Roberts made two drawings of this small but elegant temple, of which this is the first. Yet another of the monuments dismantled and moved above the rising waters of Lake Nasser.
Image: 9-13/16” x 13-11/16”.
[EJ 107]
Group of Nubians at Wady Kardassy
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. The only lithograph in the series centered on a group of Nubian men, rather than women, in the dress of the period.
Image: 10” x 13-7/8”.
[EJ 108]
Temple of Wady Kardassy, Nubia [Title in the image: Ruins of the Temple of Kardeseh, Nubia]
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. The second of Roberts’ two drawings of this temple, showing the Nile in the background.
Image: 9-15/16” x 13-7/8”.
[EJ 109]
Temple of Dakke, in Nubia
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. A small but very famous temple, also moved above the rising waters of Lake Nasser. The print shows a sketch date of Nov. 14, 1836, obviously an error by the lithographers, as Roberts did not begin his journey until 1838.
Image: 9-15/16” x 13-13/16”.
[EJ 110]
Temple of Tafa in Nubia
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. Roberts’ drawing of this small temple is important, since the temple was later dismantled and the stone used for local building projects. One of two temples forming the religious center of the Roman settlement of Taphis.
Image: 9-7/8” x 13-13/16”.
[EJ 111]
Ruins of Maharraka, Nubia
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. This temple, like many others, was still unfinished at the time it was converted to a church during the spread of early Christianity in Nubia. At the time of Roberts’ visit it had been badly damaged by earthquakes but was still standing. It was later reconstructed above Lake Nasser.
Image: 9-15/16” x 13-3/4”.
[EJ 112]
Abyssinian Slaves at Korti
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. A group scene of slaves waiting to be taken to the market in Cairo.
Image: 10-1/8” x 13-3/4”.
[EJ 113]
Nubian Women at Korti
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. Roberts was very much taken with the beauty of the Nubian women, and made a number of sketches featuring them.
Image: 10-1/8” x 13-3/4”.
[EJ 114]
Approach to the Temple of Wady Saboua, Nubia
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. Another monument moved above the Aswan Dam reservoir. Many of the sphinxes and other sculptures shown along the approach to the temple have since been lost.
Image: 9-15/16” x 13-7/8&rduo;.
[EJ 115]
Colossi at Wady Saboua, Nubia
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. Of the two colossi of Ramses II at the temple entrance (one fallen in the foreground), only one now survives. The staff is the symbol of Amun-Ra, a ram’s head surmounted by the solar disc and the sacred cobra.
Image: 9-9/16” x 13-5/8”.
[EJ 116]
Temple of Wady Saboua, Nubia
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. Another view of the Temple of Wady Saboua, this time from the rear, showing the mostly buried walls of the courtyard.
Image: 10-1/8” x 13-7/8”.
[EJ 117]
Temple of A’Mada at Hassaia, Nubia
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. A temple with particularly fine reliefs, moved to higher ground during construction of the Aswan Dam. The mud dome in the picture, dating from its conversion to a church, has since been removed.
Image: 9-15/16” x 13-7/8”.
[EJ 118]
Front Elevation of the Great Temple of Aboo-simble, Nubia [Frontispiece]
Full folio. Original lithographic colors. Another view of Aboo Simbel. The temple had been re-discovered as it emerged from the shifting sands only 15 years before Roberts’ visit.
Image: 12-13/16” x 19-1/4”.
[EK 120]
Interior of the Temple of Aboo Simbel
Full folio. Original lithographic colors with added modern hand coloring. The finest of all the lithographs of temple interiors, and one of the most atmospheric of all of the prints. The columns are depictions of Ramses II, who deified himself through the construction of this temple.
Image: 13” x 19-7/16”.
[EK 121]
The Temple of Aboo Simbel, from the Nile
Full folio. Original litho-graphic colors with modern hand coloring added. Roberts’ group approaching the temple, and their boat moored at the Nile landing.
Image: 10” x 13-3/4”.
[EK 123]
The Sanctuary of the Great Temple of Aboo Simbel, Nubia
Half folio. Original lithographic colors. This quartet of dieties, including Ramses II as a god, is carved into the rock some 125 feet into the hillside. It is situated such that it is illuminated by the rising sun at the solstices. When relocated above Lake Nasser following the building of the Aswan High Dam, the temple was reconstructed so as to preserve this phenomenon.
Image: 9-7/8” x 12-1/2”.
[EK 124]
Map to Illustrate Sketches of David Roberts, Esq. R.A., Egypt and Nubia
Full folio. Engraved in black and white. This map was provided with each set of the lithographs to show the locations Roberts visited and sketched in Egypt and Nubia.
Image: 15-5/8” x 21-1/2”.
[EL 125]
Portrait of David Roberts
Full folio. Some foxing in image. On thin India Paper laid on a larger sheet. Black and white engraving, drawn directly on the lithographic stone from life by C. Baugniet in 1844.
Image: 12-1/4” x 16-1/8”.
[HL 124]
