Men sitting to smoke with a panoramic view of the coast by Ashkelon, Israel. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe, c. 1843, after D. Roberts.

[London (20 Threadneedle Street)] : [F.G. Moon], [1843]

1 print : lithograph with tint plate, with watercolour ; image 32 x 48.5 cm

Askelon D. Roberts R. A.

Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J.R. Abbey, San Francisco 1991, vol. 2, 385.II.57

Wellcome Collection 25478i

David Roberts travelled in the Middle East and North Africa, particularly Egypt, from 1838 to 1839. During his journey, Roberts produced a great number of sketches. He developed these into watercolours, which were the basis for the series of 247 lithographs called The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia, published between 1842 and 1849