Historical · Matthew 15:21, Acts 27:3 · Sidon (Saida), Lebanon
Golden Hour at Ancient Sidon
Fishermen mend their nets on the shore at Sidon as the sun sets beyond the sea castle.
View full size The engraving shows the harbour of Saide, the ancient Sidon, with boats drawn up on the beach and the sea castle standing offshore on its arched causeway. The colour interpretation follows it closely, keeping the castle and causeway, the lateen-rigged boat, the fishermen with their nets, the palms, the minarets and even the crescent moon, and adds a blazing sunset over the sea.
Sidon was one of the oldest ports of the Phoenician coast. The Gospels record Jesus travelling into the region of Tyre and Sidon, and on his voyage to Rome Paul’s ship called at Sidon, where he was allowed ashore to visit friends. The sea castle itself was built much later, by the Crusaders.
This is an artistic interpretation of the engraved view, not a geographically exact reconstruction of the place.
- Historical source
- Matthew 15:21, Acts 27:3
- Place
- Sidon (Saida), Lebanon
- Original engraving
- Saide, the Ancient Sidon, from the Eastward
- Original artist
- Sam Bough, after Cassas
- Engraver
- Wm. Forrest
- From
- The Comprehensive Family Bible, Blackie & Son
- Canvas format
- Landscape · 3:2
THEN AND NOW
Two centuries
of image-making.
The original engraving, photographed from the family Bible, beside the contemporary colour interpretation it inspired.
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BRING IT HOME
A canvas
for your wall.
Each artwork is printed to order in Australia as a large-format canvas, at its own proportions. Nothing is cropped to fit a standard frame.
- Format
- Landscape · 3:2
- Artwork
- BIB-ART-011
SIZE
FINISH
An 8 mm frame with a 12 mm gap around the canvas.
FLOATING FRAME
- This canvas
- $595.00
- You pay
- $595.00
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Contemporary AI-assisted artwork inspired by an original nineteenth-century engraving from The Comprehensive Family Bible, published by Blackie & Son.