The Convent of Sinai

Name:

Frith, Francis

Date:

1858-04

Description:

1 photograph; Albumen

Provenance:

Bertrand and Paola Lazard Holy Land Collection; Sotheby's (London)

Physical Description:

23 x 16 cm ( 9 x 6.25 in).

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

A walled-in convent and garden in the valley at the foot of a mountain.; The title, date and photographer's name are printed on the matte. The photographer's signature and No. 181 are handwritten on the photograph.; Condition: Fair; significant fading and grainy; Lazard dated the photograph to April 1858 and wrote to see the book on Frith, photo no. 59. He also wrote that the image was the same as 3636FRI/LP12.

Collection:

Lenkin Family Collection of Photography (University of Pennsylvania)