Map to illustrate the Route of David Roberts Esq. R. A. in the Holy Land, Petrea and Syria
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (Sharjah)
Sharjah Art Museum / Sharjah Museums Authority
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Published 1849
Unknown
SM 2006-336
Coloured steel engraving
505 mm x 350 mm
London
This map shows the areas visited by the Scottish artist David Roberts (1796-1864) during the 11 months he spent travelling between Egypt, the Sinai, Jordan and Palestine in 1838/39. Roberts subsequently became famous for his meticulous lithographs of Egypt, the 'Holy Land' and other Near Eastern regions, hardly touched as yet by British artists at the time. Maps like this one were provided with each complete set of his lithographs later to help trace the locations Roberts visited and sketched.Roberts' depictions were to become extremely important tools in popularising the ‘Holy Land’ in 19th century British imagination, thus encouraging ever more people to visit, map and survey it. His work also helped to underpin the aspirations and objectives of the Palestinian Exploration Fund, founded in 1865.
Ulrike al-Khamis "Map to illustrate the Route of David Roberts Esq. R. A. in the Holy Land, Petrea and Syria" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;ua;1;en
Prepared by: Ulrike Al-Khamis
MWNF Working Number: UA 001
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