Description
This printed leaf depicts a panoramic scene of Cairo around the 1800s, viewed from the west.
David Roberts was among the earliest British artists to travel to the Middle East in 1838–39, a trip that resulted in more than 250 drawings depicting Egypt and the Holy Land. He later worked with printer Louis Haghe to translate these works into lithography to reach a wider audience at a time of expanding European colonialism.
David Roberts was among the earliest British artists to travel to the Middle East in 1838–39, a trip that resulted in more than 250 drawings depicting Egypt and the Holy Land. He later worked with printer Louis Haghe to translate these works into lithography to reach a wider audience at a time of expanding European colonialism.
Provenance
(Otto Schreiber); John Bonebrake [1918–2011], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art (?–2012); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (2012–)
Accession Number
2012.164
Medium
color lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 43 x 60.2 cm (16 15/16 x 23 11/16 in.); Image: 34 x 52.8 cm (13 3/8 x 20 13/16 in.)
Classification
Credit Line
Bequest of John Bonebrake