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Egypt and Nubia, Volume III, No. 26, Cairo, Looking West
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This printed leaf depicts a panoramic scene of Cairo around the 1800s, viewed from the west. David Roberts was among the earliest British artists to travel to the Middle East in 1838–39, a trip that resulted in more than 250 drawings depicting Egypt and the Holy Land. He later worked with printer Louis Haghe to translate these works into lithography in order to reach a wider audience at a time that coincided with the expansion of European colonialism.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineEgypt and Nubia, Volume III, No. 26, Cairo, Looking West, 1838. Louis Haghe (British, 1806–1885), after David Roberts (Scottish, 1796–1864). Color lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. Byers Hays, 1953.531
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