Plate 115 The Ascent to the summit of Sinai - After David Roberts

A depiction of a pilgrim's staircase on Mount Sinai leading to St Catherine's Convent.
The drawings and watercolours from this tour of the Holy Land and Egypt by David Roberts were collated together into folios and released over a seven year period (1842-1849) by the publisher F.G. Moon from 20 Threadneedle Street London. This lithograph is from the Royal Subscription Edition (1842-1849) with only 500 copies produced per depiction.
 
Medium: Original Royal Subscription Edition, half-plate hand-coloured lithograph on thick woven paper.
 
Half Plate 115.
 
Inscribed l.l. 'Ascent to the summit of Sinai. Feb 20th 1839' and l.r. 'David Roberts R.A.', 32 x 25.5 cm, mounted.