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The Temple of Horus at Edfu

David Roberts
1796-1864

The Temple of Horus at Edfu

1838
12 11/16 x 18 15/16 inches (323 x 482 mm)
Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite, with white opaque watercolor , on light brown wove paper.
1977.26

Purchased on the Fellows Fund.

Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Study for the lithograph executed by Louis Haghe, "Portico of the Temple of Edfou, Upper Egypt", no. 10 in Roberts' and William Brockedon's "Egypt and Nubia, London", I, 1846.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in pen and black ink at lower right, "David Roberts, R.A."; inscribed in pencil at lower left, "Edfou Novr 23d 1838".
Associated names
Bicknell, Henry Sanford, former owner.
Butler, C. H. A., former owner.
Ingram, Bruce, Sir, former owner.
Spector, Stephen, 1946-, former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 288-289.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department