Holy Land And Egypt & Nubia
Category: Books,Travel,Africa
Holy Land And Egypt & Nubia Details
About the Author Davis Roberts was born in Scotland in 1796. After serving as an apprentice to a local decorator, he began to paint scenery for the theater. In 1830 he abandoned his theater work and embarked on a journey to Europe, the first of his many famous travels. Read more
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I have been a collector of David Roberts prints for more than 30 years. If you also collect or have seen & been intrigued by these prints, you may perhaps have wondered about the scope of this artist's work. As pointed out in the previous reviews, this wonderful edition contains reproductions of all the original prints. Moreover, collectors such as myself often prefer to purchase original versions of the prints that have neither been colored nor tinted. These original versions often keep their value better than colored versions, although good colorist work often makes the images come alive in an attractive way.All of the reproductions in this addition are colored, and I feel that most purchasers will welcome the majority of the colorings. In addition, the editors have judiciously chosen commentary to attach to each print that will further increase the great enjoyment afforded by the images themselves.For those of you who have never looked through an original edition of Roberts prints, particularly the folio size (very rare and nowadays worth many thousands of dollars), this edition will be a revelation.
