Egypt
Times Online
See the above page for the full story, plus a comment in response, re a technical point.
- Egypt Of David Roberts Screensaver
Simtel 50 images of Egypt by David Roberts. Beautiful Pharaonic and Islamic scenes chosen from his six volumes of prints published in 1846. This screensaver includes a portrait of David Roberts plus scenes along the Nile of Abu Simbel, Karnak, the Temple...
- Egyptian Figurine Found At Local Auction
Yorkshire Post A bronze Egyptian figure dating back to 600BC has been found in a box of tourist souvenirs at a North Yorkshire auction house. Antiques dealer Martin Roberts discovered the seven-inch figure of the Egyptian god Osiris while viewing lots...
- Exhibition: Cairo Then And Now
http://tinyurl.com/tp47v (mlive.com) "Henry Matthew's recent trip to Egypt is responsible for an interesting dual exhibit featuring a modern artist's interpretation and a 19th century view of this ancient land. Matthew, who is director of galleries...
- Museum Books New Titles
http://www.museumbooks.demon.co.uk The latest newsletter from Museum Books has just hit my inbox. Museum Books sell both new and second hand books via the web, post or telephone, internationally: "After the summer break, List 15 includes a final selection...
- David Roberts, R.a.
http://www.travellersinegypt.org/archives/2005/02/david_roberts.html Further to my mention in the previous posting of David Roberts, whose paintings I love, there is a small feature about him on the above Travellers in Egypt website, which also contains...
Egypt
David Robert's Holy Land pictures discovered at Yorkshire Museum Library
Times Online
The first edition of the collection of fascinating images of Bethlehem, Nazareth and Jerusalem was unearthed by volunteers cataloguing the Yorkshire Museum library in York.
The complete version of ’The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia and Nubia’, by David Roberts, is one of only 400 copies of the first edition ever made - other copies have been owned by Queen Victoria and the Tsar of Russia.
The first edition was printed in London in 1842, and the large books include hand-coloured lithographs of famous sites throughout the Holy Land from 1838 and 1839.
The Yorkshire Museum’s curator of archaeology, Andrew Morrison, said: “The books are a truly fantastic find and it is great they have been unearthed so close to Christmas.
“David Roberts was one of the first ’photo-journalists’ and his incredibly detailed paintings of the Middle East gave British society a fabulous insight into the everyday life of people in a world completely different from theirs.
See the above page for the full story, plus a comment in response, re a technical point.
- Egypt Of David Roberts Screensaver
Simtel 50 images of Egypt by David Roberts. Beautiful Pharaonic and Islamic scenes chosen from his six volumes of prints published in 1846. This screensaver includes a portrait of David Roberts plus scenes along the Nile of Abu Simbel, Karnak, the Temple...
- Egyptian Figurine Found At Local Auction
Yorkshire Post A bronze Egyptian figure dating back to 600BC has been found in a box of tourist souvenirs at a North Yorkshire auction house. Antiques dealer Martin Roberts discovered the seven-inch figure of the Egyptian god Osiris while viewing lots...
- Exhibition: Cairo Then And Now
http://tinyurl.com/tp47v (mlive.com) "Henry Matthew's recent trip to Egypt is responsible for an interesting dual exhibit featuring a modern artist's interpretation and a 19th century view of this ancient land. Matthew, who is director of galleries...
- Museum Books New Titles
http://www.museumbooks.demon.co.uk The latest newsletter from Museum Books has just hit my inbox. Museum Books sell both new and second hand books via the web, post or telephone, internationally: "After the summer break, List 15 includes a final selection...
- David Roberts, R.a.
http://www.travellersinegypt.org/archives/2005/02/david_roberts.html Further to my mention in the previous posting of David Roberts, whose paintings I love, there is a small feature about him on the above Travellers in Egypt website, which also contains...