Louis Haghe after David Roberts - Lithograph Entrance to the Tomb of the Kings

Description

A lithograph by Louis Haghe (1806-1885) after David Roberts RA RBA (1796-1864) depicting the entrance to the Tomb of the Kings of Judea. Roberts undertook a long tour in Egypt, Nubia, the Sinai, the Holy Land, Jordan, and Lebanon from August 1838 to May 1839, when he would have drawn this scene. On his return to Britain, Roberts worked with lithographer Louis Haghe from 1842 to 1849 to produce the lavishly illustrated plates of 'The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia', originally published as 'Sketches in the Holy Land and Syria', 1842-1849 and 'Egypt & Nubia' series. Inscribed with the title in plate to the lower-right corner. On card.

Condition

Cropped within the plate lines. There is some discolouration and some creases to the lower edge.

Size

16.3 x 19.6cm (6.4" x 7.7")
Sheet: 17.8 x 21.5cm (7" x 8.5")

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Artist Biography

Louis Haghe (1806 -1885) was a Belgian lithographer and watercolourist. His father and grandfather had practised as architects. Training in his teens in watercolour painting, he found work in the relatively new art of lithography when the first press was set up in Tournai. He visited England to find work, and settled there permanently in 1823. Together with William Day (1797-1845), around 1830 he formed the partnership Day and Haghe, which became the most famous early Victorian firm of lithographic printing in London.

Day and Haghe created and printed lithographs dealing with a wide range of subjects, such as hunting scenes, architecture, topographical views, and genre depictions. They pioneered the new techniques for chromolithography as well as hand-tinted lithographs. After William's death in 1845, the firm became known as 'Day and Son'. They were pioneers in developing the medium of the lithograph printed in colours.

In 1838, Day and Haghe were appointed 'Lithographers to the Queen'. Possibly his most ambitious project was providing 250 images for David Roberts' 'The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia' printed between 1842-1849.

From the mid-1850s Haghe concentrated more on his watercolours, and gained a reputation for his architectural scenes of northern Europe, with his pictures bought and displayed by the Victoria and Albert Museum. He also painted in oils, which were exhibited at the British Institution. He became president of the New Society of Painters in Water Colours from 1873 to 1884.