Plate 28 General View of Nazareth Stroobant Edition - After David Roberts

Nazareth, being the city where the Annunciation happened and where the Holy Family lived, meant it was an important stop for David Roberts on his tour. Here, he has portrayed the countryside leading up to the built up parts of the city and showing it was not that large in the early 19th century.
 
This lithograph was part of the scarce 1843/1844 book 'La Terre Sainte/Vues et Momuments recueillis par David Roberts, avec one description historique sure cheque planche' published in Brussels by the Société des Beaux-Arts. This was published in French and was the equivalent of the English editions on the Holy Land with drawings by David Roberts. The lithographs in the French edition were produced by François Stroobant (1819-1916) who was a Belgian painter and lithographer.
 
Medium: Original hand-coloured lithograph from the 1843/1844 French Stroobant folio.
 
Full Plate 28.
 
Inscribed lower left F Stroobant, 28.5 x 40.5 cm, mounted.
 
Provenance: Harrods, London (£1130), sold with the code H1567.