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C1847
Jerusalem from the North April 1838
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Wonderful c.19th hand coloured, folio edition lithograph of David Roberts of Jerusalem from the north. The view depicts Jerusalem at dusk, with the setting sun bathing the landscape in a golden light. In the foreground, a still pool reflects the … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Jerusalem from the North April 1838
Date:
C1847
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured lithograph.
Image Size:
485mm
x 325mm
Paper Size:
613mm
x 431mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1847
Description:
Wonderful c.19th hand coloured, folio edition lithograph of David Roberts of Jerusalem from the north.
The view depicts Jerusalem at dusk, with the setting sun bathing the landscape in a golden light. In the foreground, a still pool reflects the fading sky, at right, a small group are gathered beside their resting camels. On the horizon, the silhouette of the Dome of the Rock and the city’s minarets rises against the last light of the day.
Roberts sailed to Alexandria in 1838 and for eleven months travelled up the Nile River, across deserts and mountains, through Egypt and the Holy Land, to arrive in Jerusalem on Easter 1839. He continued north to Lebanon and departed from Beirut in May. He recorded his impressions of landscapes, temples, ruins, and people in three sketchbooks and more than 272 watercolours. These sketches and paintings provided the basis for the lithographs published between 1842 and 1849 as, The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, Nubia.
The lithographs were produced by Louis Haghe, the best and most prolific lithographer of the time. Originally from Tournai, Belgium, Haghe moved to England before 1825 and established himself as specialist of the hand-tinted lithograph. His sensitive handling of the lithographer’s tools imparts a range of tonality and colour as well as a sense of the delicacy and spontaneous quality of Roberts’s original images. Roberts’s plates are among the most popular images of famous sites in the Near East. As John Ruskin wrote they make “true portraiture of scenes of historical and religious interest. They are faithful and laborious beyond any outlines from nature I have ever seen.”
From: Roberts, D. The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, Nubia. London
References:
Abbey, J.R. Travel in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860. London 1972: 385 & 272.
Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790 to 1860. Folkstone 1973 : 401-2.
Collections:
Library of Congress Washington D.C.: 41041032
Royal Collection Trust UK: RCIN 1075156
New York Public Library: b13861614
Met Museum New York: 903.6 R541 F
Royal Academy: 06/4796
David Roberts (1796 - 1864)
Roberts was initially apprenticed as a house painter and then became a scene painter in theatres. Exhibiting from 1824 his fame came after publication of his most famous work, Egypt & the Holy Land, one of the most important records of these countries famous places and monuments.
