Gaza March 21st 1839
ROBERTS, David
Published by F.G. Moon, London
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View. Tinted lithograph with hand coloring, mounted on card, as issued. Image measures 13 5/8" x 19 5/8", sheet measures 16.5" x 23.75". Stunning view of Gaza, with the Mediterranean in the distance from David Roberts' "Views in the Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia". Born in Scotland, Roberts (1796-1864) gained renown as a landscape artist from documenting his extensive travels through Spain and the Near and Middle East. His most well known work, "Views in the Holy Land.Egypt and Nubia" illustrates Roberts' trip in 1838-39. The subsequent publication was issued in 41 parts between 1842 and 1849. This magnificent set was a collaborative project between Roberts and the skilled printer Louis Haghe (1806-1885) and is recognized as one of the most important lithographic works of the 19th century. This particular print comes from the deluxe subscribers edition, which was issued without text and the illustrations mounted to evoke the original watercolors of his sketchbook. Minor aging and glue residue along edges. Small chips to right corners, two small tears, image unaffected. Seller Inventory # 211712
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Title: Gaza March 21st 1839
Publisher: F.G. Moon, London
Binding: unbound
Illustrator: Louis Haghe
Condition: very good
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Gaza. March 21st, 1839.
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Seller: Robert Frew Ltd. ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom
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Original full-page tinted lithograph (44 x 61 cm) with additional later hand colouring Generally an excellent copy. Roberts was the first independent, professional British artist to travel so extensively in the Near East. His tour in 1838-9 produced 272 sketches, a panorama of Cairo and three full sketchbooks, enough material to "serve me for the rest of my life" (Roberts, eastern journal, 28 Jan 1839). Over the next decade he made "a series of intire new drawings" for the large coloured lithographs executed by Louis Haghe for The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia, which was originally published by subscription, 1842-9. No publication before this had presented so comprehensive a series of views of the monuments, landscape, and people of the Near East. "Robert's Holy Land was one of the most important and elaborate ventures of nineteenth-century publishing, and it was the apotheosis of the tinted lithograph" (Abbey, Travel). Yesterday and Today: The Holy Land, 40. Seller Inventory # 62524
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Gaza. March 21st, 1839.
Published by
LondonF.G. Moon. -1849., 1842
Used
Softcover
Seller: Robert Frew Ltd. ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Original full-page tinted lithograph (44 x 61 cm) with additional later hand colouring. A very good example. Roberts was the first independent, professional British artist to travel so extensively in the Near East. His tour in 1838-9 produced 272 sketches, a panorama of Cairo and three full sketchbooks, enough material to "serve me for the rest of my life" (Roberts, eastern journal, 28 Jan 1839). Over the next decade he made "a series of intire new drawings" for the large coloured lithographs executed by Louis Haghe for The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia, which was originally published by subscription, 1842-9. No publication before this had presented so comprehensive a series of views of the monuments, landscape, and people of the Near East. "Robert's Holy Land was one of the most important and elaborate ventures of nineteenth-century publishing, and it was the apotheosis of the tinted lithograph" (Abbey, Travel). Yesterday and Today: The Holy Land, 40. Seller Inventory # 62630
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