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20-66456. 20. David Roberts & Louis Haghe, The Convent of St Catherine

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David Roberts & Louis Haghe, The Convent of St Catherine Mount Sinai looking towards the Plain of the Encampment, London, 1846-9. Original hand-coloured lithograph, from the subscription edition of Roberts’ The Holy Land..
Original hand-coloured lithograph on fine paper mounted on card as issued from the subscription edition of Roberts’ ‘Holy Land’.
Dimensions: 345 by 495mm. (13.5 by 19.5 inches).

David Roberts’ magnificent images of Egypt and the Holy Land rank amongst the finest topographical views of the nineteenth century. Roberts made a two-year journey to the Middle-East commencing in 1838, and whilst there executed numerous watercolours from which the finest were selected for the publication; The lithographs were executed by Louis Haghe. In order to help fund the project, Roberts produced a deluxe subscription edition, from which this lithograph was taken, which is notable for being the only edition to have original hand-colour, which would have been executed under the direction of the artist.