id: 169907 accession number: 2012.149 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.149 updated: 2019-11-18 12:38:46.295000 Egypt and Nubia, Volume II: Fragments of the Great Colossi at the Memnonium, Thebes, 1847. Louis Haghe (British, 1806-1885), F.G.Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, London, after David Roberts (British, 1796-1864). Color lithograph; sheet: 43.4 x 60.4 cm (17 1/16 x 23 3/4 in.); image: 34.8 x 51 cm (13 11/16 x 20 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John Bonebrake 2012.149 title: Egypt and Nubia, Volume II: Fragments of the Great Colossi at the Memnonium, Thebes title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1847 creation date earliest: 1847 creation date latest: 1847 current location: creditline: Bequest of John Bonebrake copyright: --- culture: England, 19th century technique: color lithograph department: Prints collection: PR - Lithograph type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Abbey 272:47 --- CREATORS * Louis Haghe (British, 1806-1885) - artist * F.G.Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, London - published by * David Roberts (British, 1796-1864) - artist --- measurements: Sheet: 43.4 x 60.4 cm (17 1/16 x 23 3/4 in.); Image: 34.8 x 51 cm (13 11/16 x 20 1/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: description: wove paper watermarks: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: A Passion for Prints: The John Bonebrake Donation opening date: 2011-10-02T00:00:00 A Passion for Prints: The John Bonebrake Donation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 2, 2011-January 29, 2012). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * The Cleveland Museum of Art (10/02/2011- 01/29/2012): "A Passion for Prints:The John Bonebrake Donation" --- PROVENANCE [Otto Schreiber] date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: 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 especially appreciated for their brilliant color and large scale. Bonebrake’s 134 prints of Egypt are an important addition to the Cleveland Museum of Art’s collection, and in a sense they have returned home: a large group of them was loaned to the 1992 exhibition Nineteenth-Century Views of Egypt. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.149/2012.149_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.149/2012.149_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.149/2012.149_full.tif