| Method | Lithograph with tint stone |
| Artist | after David Roberts |
| Published | London, Published March. 1st 1856, by Day & Son, Gate Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields |
| Dimensions | Image 127 x 174 mm, Sheet 202 x 285 mm |
| Notes |
Plate 121 from Volume 3 of the small format reprint of Roberts' The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia. A view of Ayun Musa, an oasis in the Sinai, Egypt. Roberts, as well as a number of other biblical and oriental scholars, equated the series of 12 watering holes in the Ayun Musa with the biblical 'Wells of Moses' where the Israelites rested and slaked their thirst in Exodus 15:23. In Roberts' view, his travelling party are depicted at rest around a central watering hole, with a copse of date palms growing on a rise in the distance. The group in the foreground sit on a large rug and smoke their long pipes, while others tend to the resting camels. In the distance, another group of Bedouins with their camels move towards the oasis. 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: Light foxing to margins, not affecting image. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £25.00 |
| Stock ID | 39031 |