| Method | Lithograph with tint stone |
| Artist | after David Roberts |
| Published | London, Published July 2nd. 1855, by Day & Son, 17, Gate Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields |
| Dimensions | Image 141 x 215 mm, Sheet 205 x 286 mm |
| Notes |
Plate 18 from Volume 1 of the small format reprint of Roberts' The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia. A view of the city of Jerusalem, as seen from the hills to the south of the city. The city of Jerusalem is one of the oldest cities in the world, and the holy city of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Its foundations date to at least the 4th millenium BC. Jerusalem is principally known for its Old City, which contains a number of important sites of cultural and religious significance in its four historic quarters: the Armenian, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim. At the time of Roberts' visit, the city was still largely restricted to the space within the city walls erected by the Ottoman Sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent. In Roberts' view of the city from East, these city walls are prominent, as are a number of key sites on the city's skyline, including the Temple Mount and the Dome on the Rock, the Al-Aqsa mosque, and the many domes, towers, and minarets of the city's synagogues, churches, and mosques. The city is depicted in the distance, from the top of the Mount of Olives. A group of men are gathered on the top of in the foreground. 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. Waterstain to right edge of sheet, not affecting image. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £35.00 |
| Stock ID | 39333 |