In 1838 and 1839, Roberts spent eleven months traveling and sketching throughout Egypt from Alexandria to Abu Simbel and through Sinai to Petra, Jerusalem, Palestine, and Lebanon. The 247 lithographs that Belgian engraver Louis Haghe then produced at the rate of one a month from the drawings executed during Roberts’ trip were published in six volumes as “The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia” (1842-1846) and “Egypt and Nubia” (1846-1849).

While these are available elsewhere, they are not usually very large or in an easy to use format (or they cost money).  These are from the Library of Congress, which has them in unedited TIF files.  I have cropped them , edited them, cleaned up any glaring dirtiness, and converted them to JPEG for easy download in the GALLERY.

Title: Egypt and Nubia
Author: David Roberts
Artist: David Roberts / lithographed by Louis Haghe
Publisher: F.G. (Francis Graham) Moon
Date Published: 1846-1849

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Dancing Girls at Cairo

Mosque of Sultan Hassan from the Great Square of the Rumeyleh

Cairo

Tombs of the khalifs, Cairo

Karnac Nov 29th 1838

General view of the island of Philae Nubia Nov 18th 1838

General view of the ruins of Luxor from the Nile 1838

Interior of the Temple of Aboo-Simbel Novr 9th 1838 Nubia

Portico of the Temple of Edfou--upper Egypt Novr 23rd 1838

Entrance to the Great Temple of Aboo-Simble, Nubia (TITLE PAGE)

The Coffee Shop, Cairo