1842
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia: Petra is a 1842 by Louis Haghe, a Romanticism work, depicting Afghanistan, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows a rocky desert scene with ancient ruins. The ruins are carved right into red sandstone cliffs. A few travelers on camels stand in the foreground. Louis Haghe never went to these places. He painted this from sketches and books. His images helped people in England imagine faraway lands. For a real place like this, 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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