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THE GREAT TEMPLE OF ABOO SIMBLE.

Artist:

ROBERTS, David

Engraver:

Haghe, Louis

Title:

THE GREAT TEMPLE OF ABOO SIMBLE.

Stock Code:

6235

Method:

Lithograph

Publisher:

Francis Graham Moon

Colouring:

Later colour

Atlas:

Sketches in Egypt and Nubia, from Drawings made on the Spot.

Size: (W x H):

49cm x 36cm

19½ inches x 14 inches

Date:

1846

Price:

£2200

A fine view of the entrance to the temple of Abu Simbel. Roberts described Abu Simbel as ‘the monument which alone makes the trip Nubia worthwhile’. When the Aswan Dam was built, The entire temple was cut into 20 ton blocks and rebuilt higher up the hill to save it being submerged in the rising waters of Lake Nasser.

Fine condition. Framed size: 77 x 65 cm.

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