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Roberts Views of Egypt #847176

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Roberts Views of Egypt #847176
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td><em> This is a Photo Reproduction of the origional.</em></td></tr><tr> <td width="100%"> In the mid 19th century, British artist David Roberts traveled to current day Israel, Egypt, and other parts of the Middle East. He recorded broad vistas of the ancient world with local inhabitants, as well as detailed studies of classical architectural ruins such as Balbec. These pictures were published in a magnificent series of lithographs in creamy earth tones, sometimes tinted, sometimes with full color, with accompanying text. Roberts' monumental work is regarded as "one of the most important and elaborate ventures of nineteenth-century publishing, and... the apotheosis of the tinted lithograph." Abbey Travel 272, 341, 385; Tooley 401-2. David Roberts was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and began as a house painter and by 1816 was painting stage scenery for the theatre. In 1820 he met Clarkson Stanfield, who encouraged him in an art career, and in 1821 he moved to London, where he worked with Stansfield at the Drury Lane Theatre. Roberts exhibited at the first show held by the Society of British Artists, and was able to give up theatre and become a full-time painter in 1830. During the early 1830s he began to produce the sketches of foreign lands that were to make him famous, beginning with a set on Spain. In the late 1830s he undertook an extensive and adventurous journey to Alexandria, Cairo and other places in the Middle East. The resulting lithographs of the Holy Land and Syria were published in six volumes in the 1840s. Although he initially had trouble finding a publisher ...
<a href="http://www.goantiques.com/liveauction/complete_description.jsp?id=1213224" target=_new><b>View Complete Description</b></a> </td></tr><tr> <td> </td></tr><tr> <td>Reference #: Roberts_1</td></tr><tr><td>Condition:Excelent</td></tr><tr><td>Year:Circa 1840</td></tr><tr><td>Country:England</td></tr><tr><td>Maker:Roberts</td></tr><tr><td>Height:20</td></tr><tr><td>Width:14</td></tr><tr><td>Title:Roberts Views of Egypt</td></tr><tr><td>Style:Realistic </td></tr><tr><td>Type:Photo Color Copy</td></tr><tr><td>Location:Edenton, NC</td></tr></table>