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129. Suez [general view].
Full folio.
Image: Approx. 13 1/8” x 19 9/16”.
Original lithographic colors, with modern hand coloring
added. The city of Suez before the building of the canal.
The faint rainbow above the city is true to the original
color scheme, and added by hand.
[HA 002]
$1,100 version with added hand coloring.
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131. Scene on fhe Quay of Suez.
Half folio.
Image: 10 1/8” x 13 3/16”.
Original lithographic colors. The accompanying text speculates on the effect the construction of a canal connecting the Mediterranean and the Red Sea might have on the City. The construction of the Suez Canal began ten years after Roberts’ journey.
[HA 004]
$300.
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132. An Ancient Egyptian Temple
on Gebel Garabbe.
Half folio.
Image: 10 3/16” x 14 1/16”.
Original lithographic colors. A ruined Egyptian
temple encountered by Roberts in the midst of the
Sinai desert, on the summit of a small mountain.
[HA 005]
$275.
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136. Chapel of the Convent of St. Catherine,
Mount Sinai.
Full folio.
Image: 13 9/16” x 19 7/16”.
Original lithographic colors, with modern hand coloring added. The main chapel of this very famous monastery.
[HB 009]
$1,250.
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138. Convent of St. Catherine, Mount Sinai.
Full folio.
Image: 10 1/8” x 13 15/16”.
Original lithographic colors. This image shows
the trap door entrance through which Roberts
was hauled on his visit to the monastery.
[HB 011]
$450.
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139. Ascent to the Summit of the Sinai.
Half folio.
Image: 13 3/16” x 10 1/8”.
Original lithographic colors. A very popular vertical half-folio of the trail to the summit of Mt. Sinai.
[HB 012]
$400.
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142. Rock of Moses, Wady-El-Leja, Mount Horeb
Half folio.
Image: Approx. 10” x 13”. Original lithographic
colors. The Rock of Moses is the spot from which
Moses is said to have brought forth water to supply
the Israelites in the desert.
[HB 015]
$300.
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143. Island of Graia, Gulf of Akabah.
Full folio.
Image: 13 5/8” x 20”.
Original lithographic colors. Roberts in Turkish dress in the lower right, with his paints and sketch pad, as his entourage travels towards Petra.
[HC 016]
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for price and availability
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144. Encampment of the Aulad-Said.
Full folio.
Image: 13 1/2” x 19 1/2”.
Original lithographic colors, with modern hand
coloring added. The camp of the Aulad-Said tribe,
Roberts’ Bedouin escort for his traverse of the Sinai.
[HC 017]
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150. The Ravine [Petra].
Full folio.
Image: Approx.13 1/2” x 20 1/2”.
Original lithographic colors, with hand coloring added. A rare Holy Land vertical view, full folio of the entry into Petra through a narrow ravine flanked by rock temples carved into the pink sandstone cliffs.
[HD 023]
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152. Site of Petra, South.
Full folio.
Image: Approx.13 1/2” x 19 1/2”. Original lithographic
colors, with hand coloring added. A view of the Petra
Valley from the area of the later Roman ruins, showing
the Nabatean ruins in the surrounding cliffs.
[HD 025]
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for price and availability
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153. Remains of a Triumphal Arch [Petra].
Full folio.
Image: 13 1/8” x 19 9/16”. Original lithographic colors, with modern hand coloring added. A closer view of the remains of the later Roman buildings on the valley floor.
[HD 026]
$1,400 version with added hand coloring.
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156. Temple Called El Khasne
[Title Vignette]
Full folio.
Image: 12 1/2” x 18 5/8”. Original lithographic
colors. The classic view of the approach to El Khasne
through the cliffs of Petra, a visitor’s first sight of
the valley.
[HD 029]
$1,400 version with added hand coloring.
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157. Conference of Arabs.
Full folio.
Image: Approx. 10 5/8” x 14”. Original lithographic colors, with hand coloring added. A gathering of Roberts’ Arab guides at Petra, held to resolve a dispute.
[HD 030]
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159. Arabs of the Desert.
Half folio.
Image: 10 5/16” x 12 1/4”. Original lithographic
colors. One of the few individual character studies
in the series. The figure is Besharah, a Beni-Said
tribesman who accompanied Roberts on this portion
of his journey.
[HD 032]
$400.
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161. Arch Across the Ravine, Petra.
Half Folio.
Royal Subscription Edition.
Image: Approx.10” x 13 1/2”. Original lithographic colors, with original added hand coloring. A very popular half-folio view of a small portion of the long ravine entering Petra, showing an arch which has since fallen.
[HD 034]
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162. Ancient Watch-Tower.
Half folio.
Image: 9 11/16” x 12 3/4.
Original lithographic colors, with modern hand
coloring added. A view of one of the chain of
watch-towers protecting the approaches to Petra.
[HD 035]
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163. The Necropolis.
Half folio.
Image: 10 1/16” x 14”.
Original lithographic colors, with modern hand coloring added. A half-folio view of tombs and temples at Petra.
[HD 036]
$350 version with added hand coloring.
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