To see our specialist collection of David Roberts, please click the link below.
This page represents only a small part of our collection of original Antique prints of Egypt. Please click on an image to see it in high-resolution, with details of the work itself. For enquiries and purchases, please do contact us.
Suez Canal: Procession of ships celebrating the opening of the canal after 10 years of construction to link Eastern Asia and Europe.
Alexandria: Panorama of the city with vignettes of Cleopatra’s Palace, Alexander’s obelisque and the tower interior with text in French.
Medinet Abou (Habu): Mortuary temple of Usimare Ramesses III. Interior of the ruins.
Alexandria: Panorama of the City and Port with key in Dutch and French After the 1665 view by Arnoldus Montanus.
Cleopatra’s Needle. Figures in the foreground.
Alexandria from Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque.
Sphynx, Obelisk, and Pyramids.
Sphynx and Pyramids of Khufu, Kharfre, Menkuare and one of the pyramids of the Queens.
Ruins of Karnak: Panoramic view of the temple complex and sacred lake from the Tomb of Horemheb.
Approach of the Simoon: The Great Sphynx with the infamous, hot cyclonic wind twisting up before the darkening sun. The most dramatic scene in the series. RARE subscribers’ edition.
Pyramids of Geezeh: Magnificent view of the Great pyramid Cheops, second pyramid Cephren and the Sphynx.
Cairo: Panoramic view from the pyramids of Giza to the citadel of Cairo with key. The Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882 ended with a British victory that expanded the Empire’s control over Egypt.
Luxor: Panorama of the ruins of the Temple of Ramses II from the Nile.
Cairo: Panorama from the environs.
Boulak: View of the port from the River Nile.
Tel El Kebir: Bird’s Eye with key of General Wolseley’s victory over the Arabi Pasha’s Egyptian forces.
Bab al-Kalabsha: Portico of the Temple of Kalabshi, the lesser sun god Mandulis. Built in 30 BC but never completed, the temple was moved to Lake Nasser after the building of the Aswan dam.
Sphinx (Abu al Haul): With the Pyramids of Cheops (Khufu) and Chephren (Khafre): Drawn from life during Hildebrandt’s ’round-the-world’ voyage.
Luxor (Thebes): Southwest ruins on the Nile.
Ras Mohammed: Double panorama of the inlet on the Red Sea. From the west and from Cherm El Bir.
Nile River from Cairo to Khartoum: Showing the route from Cairo of the expedition led by Gen. Wolseley to relieve Gen. Gordon at Khartoum.
