Egypt and Nubia, Volume II: Ruins - Temple on the Island of Biggeh, Nubia
1847
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1847
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Egypt and Nubia, Volume II: Ruins - Temple on the Island of Biggeh, Nubia is a 1847 by Louis Haghe, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows broken stone ruins of an old temple. Two tall columns with carved tops stand near a half-collapsed archway. A few people in loose robes walk around, and a small boat floats on a shallow pool of water in front of the ruins. The ground is uneven, and some plants grow near the temple’s remains. The title tells us this is a temple on an island in Nubia, now part of modern Sudan. The artist drew it from real ruins, not imagination. If you like old ruins, check out The Cleveland Museum of Art for more sketches like this.
