Artwork
Egypt and Nubia: Volume I - Frontispiece, View under the Grand Portico, Philae
Egypt and Nubia: Volume I - Frontispiece, View under the Grand Portico, Philae is a print by the Romanticist artist Louis Haghe. It dates from 1838 and is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
About this work
Next, look up Romanticism to see how this style shaped how people saw faraway places.
This drawing shows a grand stone hallway with towering columns. The columns have carvings of figures and lotus-shaped tops. At the far end, a dark doorway opens into another space. A few people stand or sit near the entrance, looking small against the huge walls.
The carvings on the columns look like ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. This drawing was made in 1838 by an artist who traveled to Egypt.
Next, look up Romanticism to see how this style shaped how people saw faraway places.
Artist & collection
Artist
Louis Haghe (17 March 1806 – 9 March 1885) was a lithographer and watercolourist from the Netherlands and then the United Kingdom.
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