1838
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Egypt and Nubia: Volume III–No. 38, Mosque of Sultan Hassan from the Great Square of the Rameyleh is a 1838 by Louis Haghe, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a detailed view of the Mosque of Sultan Hassan from the Great Square of the Rameyleh. The print is based on a watercolor by David Roberts, and it shows the intricate architecture of the mosque. Louis Haghe spent time perfecting the art of color lithography to create this image. Look up Louis Haghe to learn more about the artist behind this work.
By the mid-1800s, the complexities of printing in numerous colors had been mastered, culminating in one of the high points of European printmaking. The plates drawn by Louis Haghe, which copy the watercolors that David Roberts made in Egypt, are examples of color lithography. Haghe, a Scottish topographical and architectural artist, spent a year traveling across this ancient land in 1838. The resulting prints––the first comprehensive series of views of the monuments, landscapes, and people of the Near East––were appreciated for their brilliant color and large scale.
Louis Haghe was appointed Lithographer to the Queen in 1838.
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Louis Haghe (17 March 1806 – 9 March 1885) was a lithographer and watercolourist from the Netherlands and then the United Kingdom.
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