id: 170025 accession number: 2012.252 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.252 updated: 2023-08-24 00:54:02.448000 Egypt and Nubia, Volume II: Statues of Memnon at Thebes, during the Inundation, 1848. Louis Haghe (British, 1806–1885), F. G. Moon (British, 1797–1871), after David Roberts (Scottish, 1796–1864). Color lithograph; sheet: 43.5 x 60.3 cm (17 1/8 x 23 3/4 in.); image: 35.1 x 51.7 cm (13 13/16 x 20 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John Bonebrake 2012.252 title: Egypt and Nubia, Volume II: Statues of Memnon at Thebes, during the Inundation title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1848 creation date earliest: 1848 creation date latest: 1848 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 272:79 --- CREATORS * Louis Haghe (British, 1806–1885) - artist * F. G. Moon (British, 1797–1871) - 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 --- measurements: Sheet: 43.5 x 60.3 cm (17 1/8 x 23 3/4 in.); Image: 35.1 x 51.7 cm (13 13/16 x 20 3/8 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, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 2, 2011-January 29, 2012). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.252/2012.252_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.252/2012.252_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.252/2012.252_full.tif