Roberts (David, RA)

one of the more magnificent and imposing examples of Roberts’ eye for rendering the exquisite detail the scale and detail of classical Egyptian architecture, perfectly embodied in this, one of the grander temple complexes, originally located near the first cataracts on the Nile in Upper Egypt, now relocated to an island in the reservoir of the lower Aswan Dam, this plate is from the standard edition with the title printed in the lower margin,

tinted lithograph by Louis Haghe, with later hand-colouring, 520 x 345 mm. (20 1/2 x 13 1/2 in), a few marginal defects all well outside the image and title,