Colored lithograph by the great
David Roberts, whom the
Metropolitan Museum of Art calls "the first professional artist to visit the Near East without a patron or a connection to a military expedition or missionary group." Roberts's meticulous depictions of Middle Eastern scenes are among his most famous works.
"The Minarets at the Bab Zuweyleh, and entrance to the Mosque of the Metwalis, Cairo," Plate 218 of
The Holy Land, with historical notes by William Brockedon (London: Day & Son, 1856), vol. 6,
Egypt and Nubia.
Quarto edition, sheet size: 295 x 205 mm (11 5/8 x 8 1/16 in.)
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