1849
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Egypt and Nubia, Volume III: The Nileometer. Island of Rhoda is a 1849 by Louis Haghe, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows an old stone building with a tall cross on top. In front, a small group of people stands near a shallow pool of water. One person is bent over, maybe filling a container, while others sit or stand around. The walls have arched doorways, and the whole scene looks worn but still standing strong. The title says this is a *Nileometer*—a tool used to measure the Nile River’s height. It was important for tracking floods and farming seasons in Egypt. Want to see more? Check out The Cleveland Museum of Art.
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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