| Method | Lithograph with tint stone |
| Artist | after David Roberts |
| Published | London, Published Decr. 1st. 1856 by Day & Son, Gate Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields |
| Dimensions | Image 124 x 175 mm, Sheet 200 x 290 mm |
| Notes |
Plate 239 from Volume 6 of the small format reprint of Roberts' The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia. A scene of the Slave Market in Cairo, Egypt. A group of women in thick white cloaks sit and sleep against a low wall. Behind them, a group of men discuss the sale of one of the women. Roberts' visit coincided with the cessation of the activities of the Barbary pirates, due to the combination of the actions of the United States Marine Corps and the French conquest of Algiers. Although the slave trade in Cairo was already in decline, owing to the monopoly on African slavery held by Yemen and Zanzibar, the final reduction of the Barbary pirates eliminated one of the last remaining sources of North African and European slaves. David Roberts RA (24th October 1796 – 25th November 1864) was a Scottish painter. He is especially known for a prolific series of detailed prints of Egypt and the Near East produced during the 1840s from sketches made during long tours of the region (1838-1840). This work, and his large oil paintings of similar subjects, made him a prominent Orientalist painter. He was elected as a Royal Academician in 1841. The firm of Day & Haghe was one of the most prominent lithographic companies of the nineteenth-century. They were also amongst the foremost pioneers in the evolution of chromolithography. The firm was established in 1823 by William Day, but did not trade under the moniker of Day & Haghe until the arrival of Louis Haghe in 1831. In 1838, Day & Haghe were appointed as Lithographers to the Queen. However, and perhaps owing to the fact that there was never a formal partnership between the two, Haghe left the firm in the 1850's to devote himself to watercolour painting. The firm continued as Day & Son under the guidance of William Day the younger (1823 - 1906) but, as a result of a scandal involving Lajos Kossuth, was forced into liquidation in 1867. Vincent Brookes bought the company in the same year, and would produce the caricatures for Gibson Bowles' Vanity Fair magazine, as well as the illustrations for Cassells's Poultry Book, amongst other commissions. Condition: Slight foxing to margins, not affecting image. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £20.00 |
| Stock ID | 39066 |