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rock temple Gyrshe lge

David Roberts R.A.
Scottish
1796 - 1864

EXCAVATED TEMPLE OF GYRSHE-NUBIA
[THE ROCK TEMPLE OF GYRSHE]


This small but beautiful view has become an icon of Roberts' Egyptian views, as it represents a civilization lost forever. Since his time, even the then deteriorating ruins have succumbed to the rising water of Lake Nasser.

RARE. Double tinted chalk-stone lithograph, printed by Louis Haghe. Published by F. G. Moon, London. August 1. 1846. Half  Plate. deacidified.
Image Size: 9 3/8 x 6 7/8” excl letters. (23.8 x 17.5 cm.)     PRICE CODE C
Click for more information on the printing technique.        Ref: LRA 2002E&N 4.9 /v.ln + dgn /anno > LNN

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