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David Roberts  (1796–1864)  wikidata:Q369776 q:it:David Roberts
 
David Roberts
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D. Roberts
Description Scottish painter
Date of birth/death 24 October 1796 Edit this at Wikidata 25 November 1864 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Stockbridge, Edinburgh London Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q369776
Haghe, Louis, 1806-1885, lithographer.
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العربية: لوحة "جزيرة على قمَّة خليج العقبة بالصحراء العربيَّة النبطيَّة"، تظهر فيها جزيرة فرعون في القسم الشمالي من خليج العقبة مُقابل شاطئ شبه جزيرة سيناء بمصر.
English: Isle of Graia Gulf of Akabah Arabia Petraea, depicting the Pharaoh's Island in the northern Gulf of Aqaba off the shore of Egypt's eastern Sinai Peninsula.
Français : Isle of Graia Golfe de l'Arabie Pétrée Akabah, illustration dépeignant l'île du Pharaon dans le nord du golfe d'Aqaba, au large de la péninsule du Sinaï de l'Égypte orientale.
Date 27 February 1839
date QS:P571, 1839-02-27T00:00:00Z/11
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Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-1845, v. 3, pts. 16-18, p. 8. Library of Congress, Reproduction number LC-USZC4-3525

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Isle of Graia Gulf of Akabah Arabia Petraea, 1839 lithograph of a trade caravan by Louis Haghe from an original by David Roberts

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