Roberts (David, RA)

a fine example of Roberts’ explorer’s eye for observation, juxtaposing the the exotic, orientalist present day with monumental remnants of the classical past, depicting a group of Egyptian men, women and children resting amongst the ruins of the main temple Amun-Ra in the great complex of temples at Karnak in Thebes, from the standard edition of ‘Egypt & Nubia’ with the title printed in the lower margin,

tinted lithograph by Louis Haghe, with later hand-colouring, 355 x 480 mm. (14 x 18 7/8 in), a few very minor marginal defects all well outside the image and title, hinged a into decorative mount,