id: 170037 accession number: 2012.263 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.263 updated: 2022-05-14 09:05:21.163000 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III: Approach of the Simoon-Desert at Gizeh, 1849. Louis Haghe (British, 1806-1885), F. G. Moon (British, 1797-1871), after David Roberts (Scottish, 1796–1864). Color lithograph; sheet: 43.6 x 60.4 cm (17 3/16 x 23 3/4 in.); image: 33.1 x 48.5 cm (13 1/16 x 19 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John Bonebrake 2012.263 title: Egypt and Nubia, Volume III: Approach of the Simoon-Desert at Gizeh title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1849 creation date earliest: 1849 creation date latest: 1849 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 272:114 --- 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: 43.6 x 60.4 cm (17 3/16 x 23 3/4 in.); Image: 33.1 x 48.5 cm (13 1/16 x 19 1/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: description: wove paper watermarks: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Nineteenth Century Views of Egypt opening date: 1992-05-19T04:00:00 Nineteenth Century Views of Egypt. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 19-September 9, 1992). 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). title: Pyramids & Sphinxes: Views of Egypt opening date: 2016-02-06T00:00:00 Pyramids & Sphinxes: Views of Egypt. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 6-May 24, 2016). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE [Otto Schreiber] date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: The invention of photography was announced in 1839, but photographers did not arrive in Egypt until around 1850. Prior to that, general knowledge about the ancient sites came from writings and reproductions of the paintings and drawings of adventurous artists. Roberts, the first British artist to produce a series of Egyptian views, traveled through the Middle East in 1838–40. Back in England, he worked with Haghe to translate his drawings into color lithographs, which were published between 1842 and 1849 as an opulent series of portfolios. A stimulating mixture of documentation and romanticism that still moves today’s viewers, Roberts’s images appeared just before the availability of photographic depictions of the region and inspired the photographers who followed in his footsteps. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.263/2012.263_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.263/2012.263_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.263/2012.263_full.tif