Egypt and Nubia, Volume II: Statues of Memnon at Thebes, during the Inundation
1848
- Medium
- color lithograph
- Dimensions
- 43.5 × 60.3 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-210407
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 especiall…
Provenance
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John Bonebrake, 2012.252
Registry history
- 1848 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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