Roberts was one of
the most noted and admired architectural and landscape
painters and lithographers of his time. After travelling in
many parts of Europe he made several journeys to the Near
East and Egypt. He was most noted for the excellence of
rendering the ancient ruins which he encountered on his
travels. The following prints are from his work
about Egypt, Nubia, The Near East and
The Holy Land published in London
1842-49.
Page size: ca 35 x 42.5 cm
(13.7 x 16.7 "). Individual plate sizes are given
below.
Very fine and typical modern
hand coloring. Except for some very minor fraying of outer
margin edges, all prints are in very good condition unless
otherwise noted. In the corners of images is the usual
pinpoint marking. Some prints have very minimal spotting in
margins. Each has a title in lower margin, distant from
image, as shown below on the first print. There is a
hand-lithographed title and signature by David Roberts in
every plate. The date is almost always behind the title.
Some prints have the title printed below the image. On the
backside of all prints is book text, laid out for a folio
size book, but, like almost always, cut down to somewhat
larger than plate size.
