id:			169943
accession number:	2012.181
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.181
updated:		2025-02-09 06:59:43.975000

Egypt and Nubia, Volume I: The Great Sphinx, Pyramids of Gezeeh, 1846. Louis Haghe (British, 1806–1885), F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, London, after David Roberts (Scottish, 1796–1864). Color lithograph; sheet: 42.9 x 60.2 cm (16 7/8 x 23 11/16 in.); image: 33.8 x 53.2 cm (13 5/16 x 20 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John Bonebrake 2012.181

title:				Egypt and Nubia, Volume I: The Great Sphinx, Pyramids of Gezeeh
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creation date:			1846
creation date earliest:		1846
creation date latest:		1846
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creditline:			Bequest of John Bonebrake
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culture:	England, 19th century
technique:	color lithograph
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Lithograph
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Abbey 272:18

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CREATORS

* Louis Haghe (British, 1806–1885)  - artist

* F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, London  - published by
Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st baronet (1796–1871) was a stationer, printer, bookseller, and publisher in London to 1853, after which he devoted himself to public life. He became Lord Mayor in 1854, the same year he was knighted.
* David Roberts (Scottish, 1796–1864)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 42.9 x 60.2 cm (16 7/8 x 23 11/16 in.); Image: 33.8 x 53.2 cm (13 5/16 x 20 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Pyramids & Sphinxes: Views of Egypt
	opening date:   2016-02-06T00:00:00
	<i>Pyramids & Sphinxes: Views of Egypt</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 6-May 24, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	[Otto Schreiber]
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print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.181/2012.181_print.jpg
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