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David Roberts RA
Tyre from the Isthmus
1796 - 1864
Subscription and first edition lithographs in stock
Full plate: 71
Presented in a acid free mount
This delicately coloured lithograph shows the port of Tyre, in Lebanon, located about 50 miles (80 kilometres) south of Beirut.
Tyre juts out from the Mediterranean coast and was once an island city. It was named Tyre (meaning rock) after the rock formation on which it is built.
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David Roberts RA
Tyre from the Isthmus
1796 - 1864
Subscription and first edition lithographs in stock
Full plate: 71
Presented in a acid free mount
This delicately coloured lithograph shows the port of Tyre, in Lebanon, located about 50 miles (80 kilometres) south of Beirut.
Tyre juts out from the Mediterranean coast and was once an island city. It was named Tyre (meaning rock) after the rock formation on which it is built.
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Tsur, the ancient Phoenician city of Tyre, lies on the Mediterranean Sea and is reputedly the birthplace of Dido. Originally consisting of two distinct cities, one an island and the other on the adjacent mainland, Alexander the Great connected both communities by constructing a causeway during his siege of the city in 332 BC. Tyre was an important commercial centre in ancient times and was famed for its production of a rare purple dye, produced by sea snails, known as ‘Tyrian purple.’
Roberts arrived there, from the Cape Blanco, on the 26th of April and was to stay for just one night. He wrote in his journal: ‘Another hour’s ride along the sands brought us in front of ancient Tyre. In riding along, I could see fragments of the ancient village in places where the wind had cleared away the sand. The present town is a mere village, with a mosque rising in the centre…. Enormous pillars of Egyptian granite, some of them 10 feet in diameter, remains of the town’s ancient grandeur,’ however, ‘the city that sent out colonies to found Carthage is now little more than a naked rock in the midst of the sea.' Roberts’s viewpoint in the lithograph brings to life much of what he described. He stands on the isthmus (or narrow strip of land) and looks westward. The town is directly ahead - with the eighteenth century 'Old Mosque’ occupying the centre of the composition. To the left and right is the sea.
- Creator:David Roberts (1796-1864, British)
- Dimensions:Height: 12.5 in (31.75 cm)Width: 19 in (48.26 cm)
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- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU52417080942
David Roberts
David Roberts was born outside of Edinburgh, Scotland. At age 10 he became a house painter’s apprentice. He continued painting houses and, eventually, theater scenes in Edinburgh and then in London. Roberts’ friend, J.M.W. Turner, recognized his artistic talent and encouraged him to become a full-time artist.
In 1839 Roberts traveled to Egypt and then in 1840, through the Holy Land, concluding in Jerusalem. Upon his return to England, F.G. Moon agreed to publish lithographs created by Louis Haghe from Roberts’ sketches and watercolors. This publication was highly acclaimed and very popular for its esthetic quality, its historical and topographical accuracy, and Roberts’ dramatic depiction of his scenes. Queen Victoria and Charles Dickens were among the subscribers who collected his works. Roberts’ and Haghe’s duotone lithographs, often colored, remain extremely sought after today and have been rising steadily in value.
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