The Pyramids Portfolio English, author David Roberts R. A.

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Fourth and fifth in a continuing series, these handsome portfolios each contain ten fine art prints of David Roberts' superb lithographs of Egypt's monumental pyramids and the beautiful landscape of the Sinai Peninsula, David Roberts, the most famous artist to travel in the Middle East, was born in 1796 into a humble family and went to work at a very young age painting. He obtained a post as a scene-painter in Scotland, and in 1822 worked for the famous opera-house at Covent Garden in London. At that time he began to exhibit his watercolours and oil-paintings, as well as illustrating books with his sketches. In 1838-9 he spent 11 months travelling in Egypt, Syria, and the Holy Land. On his return home, he was elected as a member of the Royal Academy and started to publish the drawings made during his tour, monthly, in collaboration with the lithographer Lewis Haglar. These drawings made him famous in Britain and elsewhere. When Roberts died in 1864, he was a famous man whose customers were rich businessmen and noblemen. Even Queen Victoria and Prince Albert commissioned work from him. His works provide a precise, almost photographic, documentation of the appearance of ancient Egypt, now forever lost. Fourth and fifth in a continuing series, these handsome portfolios each contain ten fine art prints of David Roberts' superb lithographs of Egypt's monumental pyramids and the beautiful landscape of the Sinai Peninsula, selected from Egypt: Yesterday and Today (AUC Press, 1996).Between 1842 and 1849, on the basis of sketches made on the spot and aided by his excellent memory, Roberts produced the drawings that Louis Haghe turned into prints published by Francis Graham Moon. These lithographs appeared in the original hand-painted deluxe edition. Suitable for framing, they reproduce scenes of the mountain wilderness and the monastery of Sinai and the magnificence of the pyramids of the Nile Valley with an accuracy that today would be called photographic. These high-quality collections of prints celebrate the epic grandeur and fine detail of Roberts' views, in a format that complements his extraordinary artistic achievements. Publisher The American University in Cairo Press, auther David Roberts R. A., pages = 10, date 2001, illustrations 10 color plate, cover folder, ISBN 977 424 633 0.