SOLD – David ROBERTS (1794-1864), Louis Haghe (1806-1885) – ‘Gate of Damascus’, lithograph

Small-Folio, hand-coloured lithograph titled ‘Gate of Damascus, Jerusalem’, the original drawn by Scottish artist David Roberts (1794-1864) Royal Academy, and transposed to lithograph by Louis Haghe (1806-1885) and published in The Holy Land, Volume I, 1842. Roberts access to these ancient sites was rare being the first artist to traverse the Near East East and reaction to it was widely praised and celebrated. Purportedly sketched on April 14th 1839, Roberts depicts the great Gate of Damascus on an active day with camels, people and goods issuing to and from the portal.