In the 19th century, lithography was the widespread technique for producing colour prints, mostly by the lithographic process. A lithographer had the task of transferring the artwork to the printing stone so that the texts and images could then be produced in series. The work required creativity and skill at the same time, something that Louis Haghe was taught in his childhood. Born in 1806 in Tournai, Belgium, the artist comes from a family of architects - both his father and grandfather were renowned architects. Instead of removing buildings, however, Haghe found great pleasure in lithography and began an apprenticeship in his home country.
In 1823, he moved to London and together with William Day founded the company Day & Haghe, which became one of the most famous lithographic printing houses in the early Victorian age. The two artists and entrepreneurs created and printed a wide range of motifs, from hunting scenes, architectural images, topographies and landscapes. As a speciality, they specialised in colour prints, which were successful throughout Europe, publishing magnificent works on Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Germany, Egypt and Nubia. Their work was so successful that in 1836 Day and Haghe were also placed in the service of the Queen of England.
In the middle of his creative period, Louis Haghe concentrated more and more on his own works in watercolours. His favourite motifs - entirely in keeping with his family of architects - were mainly exterior and interior scenes of buildings and structures in Europe. His works also received much recognition due to his distinct talent for playing with light and shadow and his extremely fine and detailed style and were exhibited in the "Victoria and Albert Museum" among others. Many of his works are partly so realistic and detailed that you have to look at them several times in order not to confuse them with photographs. The more impressive are Haughes artworks, considering that the Belgian was born with a deformation of his right hand. He never let this stop him, however, and towards the end of his creative period he also created a much-acclaimed series of drawings from Belgium and Germany, in which he drew in particular the interiors of places of worship such as the choir of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice, St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and the Sistine Chapel. He gained his inspiration above all during his extensive travels throughout Europe. Louis Haghe died in London in 1885.
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia: Volume I - No. 18, The Great Sphinx, Pyramids of Gizeh, Front View by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia, Volume II: Statues of Memnon at Thebes, during the Inundation by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia: Volume I - No. 28, Portico of the Temple of Kalabsha, 1838 by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia: Volume I - No. 34, Temple of Edfou. Ancient Appolinopolis, Upper Egypt, 1838 by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Front Elevation of the Great Temple of Abu Simbel, Nubia, Egypt, 1849 by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia: Volume II - No. 42, Ruins of Kom Ombo, 1838 by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia: Interior of the Temple Aboo Simbel by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia, Volume II: General View of Esouan and the Island of Elephantine by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia, Volume I: Nubian Women at Kortie, on the Nile, 1847 by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia, Volume II: Obelisk of Heliopolis, 1848 by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia: Volume III - No. 38, Mosque of Sultan Hassan from the Great Square of the Rameyleh by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Interior of the Mosque of the Metwalys by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia: Volume II - No. 4, Fragments of the Great Colossi, at the Memnonium by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia, Volume III: Map to Illustrate the Sketches of David Roberts, Esq by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Antechamber of the Tribunal of the Inquisition, in the Ducal Palace, Venice by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia: Volume II - No. 20, Medinet Abou, Thebes by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia: Volume III - No. 26, Cairo, Looking West, 1838 by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia, Volume III: The Nileometer. Island of Rhoda by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia: Volume I - No. 9, Excavated Temple of Gyrshe, Nubia by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia, Volume I: Portico of the Temple of Kalabshe by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia, Volume II: The Hypaethral Temple at Philae, Called the Bed of Pharaoh by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia, Volume I: The Great Sphinx, Pyramids of Gezeeh by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia, Volume II: Temple of Isis on the Roof of the Great Temple of Dendera by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia, Volume III: Cairo from the Gate of Citzenib, Looking Towards the Desert of Suez by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia: Volume I - No. 24, Temple at Esneh, 1838 by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Stalls of the Church of St. Gertrude, Louvain by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia: Volume I - No. 30, Lybian Chain of Mountains from the Temple of Luxor by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia, Volume II: Temple of Dandour, Nubia by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia: Volume II - No. 6, Approach to the Fortress of Ibrim, Nubia by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia: Volume I - No. 32, View from Under the Portico of the Temple of Edfou, 1838 by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia, Volume II: Ruins - Temple on the Island of Biggeh, Nubia by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Sketches in Belgium and Germany, First Series, Sacrament House in the Church of St. Laurent, Nuremberg by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia: Volume II - No. 18, Medinet Abou, Thebes by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia, Volume I: Entrance to the Caves of Beni-Hasan by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia, Volume I: Portico of the Temple of Kalabshe by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "General View of the Ruins of Luxor, From the Nile by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "The Corporation of Archers Leaving the Church of Lierre, Belgium, After Hearing Mass on St George")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia: Volume I - No. 4, Slave Boats on the Nile, View Looking Towards... by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Obelisk at Alexandria, Commonly called Cleopatra")
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.jpg "The Ghetto, Rome, Engraved by S.V. Hunt, Cassell and Company by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia, Volume III: Tombs of the Caliphs, Cairo by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia: Volume I - No. 28, Portico of the Temple of Kalabshi by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Sketches in Belgium and Germany, Volume I: Pulpit in the Cathedral of Treves, 1840 by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Ancien Bourse, Antwerp by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia, Volume III: Tombs of the Caliphs-Cairo. Mosque of Ayed Bey, 1849 by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "View Under the Grand Portico of the Temple, Philae by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Funeral of The Duke of Wellington, the lying in state in Chelsea Hospital, November 1852 by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia: Volume II - No. 7, Colossi at Wady Saboua by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia: Volume I - No. 1, No. 2, Remains of the Portico of the Temple of Kom Ombo by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia, Volume III: The Minaret of the Mosque El Rhamree by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia, Volume III: The Letter-Writer, Cairo by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia Vol. III: Entrance to Petra, 1842 by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia, Volume III: Minarets, and Grand Entrance of the Metwaleys, at Cairo by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia, Volume II: Approach to the Fortress of Ibrim, Nubia by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Part of the Hall of Columns at Karnak, Thebes by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia: Volume I - No. 42, Grand Approach to the Temple of Philae, Nubia, 1838 by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Hermont, Ancient Hermonthis by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Temple of Isis on the Roof of the Great Temple of Dendera by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia, Volume II: Temple at Wady Dabod, Nubia, 1848 by Louis Haghe")
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_Entrance_to_Petra_-_(MeisterDrucke-1311420).jpg "The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia (Vol. III): Entrance to Petra by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia, Volume III: Map to Illustrate the Sketches of David Roberts, Esq: R.A. in Egypt and Nubia 1849 by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Temple of Dandour, Nubia by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia, Volume III: Minaret of the Principal Mosque Siout, Upper Egypt by Louis Haghe")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia, Volume III: Tombs of the Caliph")
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.jpg "Egypt and Nubia: Volume I - No. 34, Temple of Edfou. Ancient Appolinopolis, Upper Egypt by Louis Haghe")
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