Roberts traveled up the Nile in 1838 and reached Abu Simbel in Nubia on November 8. One of the local monuments he sketched during three days in the area was the small Roman era …

Feb 3, 2018 · In essence, Roberts has captured what it is like to truly be at Abu Simbel (notwithstanding it isn’t in the same spot any longer). It is a place created by nature, molded by …

In August 1838, the distinguished Scottish artist David Roberts embarked on an extraordinary eleven-month adventure in Egypt and the Holy Land. It was to be the journey of a lifetime. …

In 1838 and 1839, Roberts spent eleven months traveling and sketching throughout Egypt from Alexandria to Abu Simbel and through Sinai to Petra, Jerusalem, Palestine, and Lebanon.

“The Great Temple of Aboo Simble,” Abu Simbel, Nubia, Nov. 9, 1838, by David Roberts, in collaboration with Louis Haghe (in “The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia,” …

A successful landscape painter, David Roberts embarked on a yearlong tour of Egypt and the Holy Land in 1838. As the first British artist to tour the Near East, he planned to turn the …

Feb 26, 2021 · Statues inside the temple of Abu Simbel, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849 CE. Wellcome Collection, London. David Roberts travelled in …

Feb 12, 2003 · This screen saver offers 50 images of Egypt by David Roberts, including temples along the Nile at Abu Simbel, Karnak, Luxor, and more.

Roberts reached Abu Simbel on the 8 November 1838. He noted in his journal 'By daybreak I was in the celebrated temple... which has often been described. There are four colossal figures in a …

On November 1st, 1838, Roberts reached his most southerly destination, the great temple of Abu Simbal, some 500 miles up-river from Cairo. Here he began his work in earnest, making …