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LOT 215:
A PAIR OF 19TH CEN. ORIENTALIST LITHOGRAPHS BY DAVID ROBERTS (ENGLISH, 1796 - 1864)
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Start price:
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300
Estimate :
$600 - $900
Buyer's Premium: 28%
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Item Overview
Description:
David Roberts (England, 1796-1864), two Orientalist color lithographs: "The coffee shop, Cairo, " ca. 1846 and "Approach to the Temple of Wady Saboua, Nubia, " ca. 1849.
David Roberts' magnificent images of Egypt and the Holy Land rank amongst the finest topographical views of the nineteenth century. Roberts made a two-year journey to the Middle-East commencing in 1838, and whilst there executed numerous watercolours from which the finest were selected for the publication; The lithographs were executed by Louis Haghe.
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Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 14 1/4 in., (26 x 36.2 cm.)
Condition: Excellent, with expected foxing consistent with age.
