Plate 51 Convent of St Saba at Ein Gendi Stroobant Edition - David Roberts

The Convent or Monastery of Saint Saba is often referred to as Mar Saba. It was founded by Sabbas the Sanctified in 483 A.D. and is considered one of the oldest inhabited monasteries in the world. David Roberts here portrays the the size of the monastery and the skill to have built it into the rock. 
 
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 51.
 
Inscribed lower right F Stroobant, 28 x 40 cm, mounted.
 
Provenance: Harrods, London (£1130), sold with the code H1567.