Louis Haghe, David Roberts

Karnac lithograph after David Roberts.

• Lithograph by Louis Haghe, after painting by David Roberts.
• London: 1849.
• Hand-colored lithograph on fine paper mounted on card as issued from the subscription edition of Roberts' Egypt. 

David Roberts' magnificent images of Egypt and the Holy Land rank among the finest topographical views of the 19th century. Roberts made a two-year journey to the Middle East commencing in 1838, and while there, executed numerous watercolors from which the finest were selected for the publication. The lithographs were executed by Louis Haghe. In order to help fund the project, Roberts produced a deluxe subscription edition, from which this lithograph was taken, which is notable for being the only edition to have original hand color, which would have been executed under the direction of the artist.