Sinai Portfolio

Name: Sinai Portfolio
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ISBN: 9789774246340

ISBN-10: 9774246349

ISBN-13: 9789774246340

Edition: N/A

Authors: David Roberts

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Fifth in a continuing series, this handsome portfolio contains 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 with an accuracy that today would be called photographic. This…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Publication date: 4/27/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 10
Size: 19.25" wide x 13.50" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English