Egypt and Nubia: Volume III–No. 38, Mosque of Sultan Hassan from the Great Square of the Rameyleh (1838): Art, History and Details

Egypt and Nubia: Volume III–No. 38, Mosque of Sultan Hassan from the Great Square of the Rameyleh (1838) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Louis Haghe (British, 1806–1885); David Roberts (Scottish, 1796–1864).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

By the mid-1800s, the complexities of printing in numerous colors had been mastered, culminating in one of the high points of European printmaking. The plates drawn by Louis Haghe, which copy the watercolors that David Roberts made in Egypt, are examples of color lithography. Haghe, a Scottish topographical and architectural artist, spent a year traveling across this ancient land in 1838. The resulting prints––the first comprehensive series of views of the monuments, landscapes, and people of the Near East––were appreciated for their brilliant color and large scale.

Object facts

• Title: Egypt and Nubia: Volume III–No. 38, Mosque of Sultan Hassan from the Great Square of the Rameyleh
• Date: 1838
• Creator attribution: Louis Haghe (British, 1806–1885); David Roberts (Scottish, 1796–1864)
• Culture: England
• Type: Print
• Technique: color lithograph
• Collection: PR - Lithograph
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1953.535

A detail from the museum

Louis Haghe was appointed Lithographer to the Queen in 1838.

Collection credit

Gift of J. Byers Hays

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