Jerusalem, the "City of Zion"--southwest from the northern wall--Palestine

Name:

Underwood & Underwood

Description:

1 stereoscopic card; Albumen

Provenance:

Bertrand and Paola Lazard Holy Land Collection; Sotheby's; 1981 March 27

Physical Description:

15.4 x 8.1 cm ( 6 x 3.25 in).

Rights:

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

Notes:

A rooftop view of Jerusalem. The Latin Patriarchate tower, the Tower of David and the cupolas of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre are visible.; The collection of stereoscopic cards were originally housed in a box which looks like two books. The box is labeled "Palestine Through the Stereoscope" and each of the "books" is marked either "Volume I" or "Volume II" and "Underwood & Underwood." The card is numbered at the top and bottom with its location (11) in the box and with the photographic number (3090). The publisher's name and locations (New York, London, Toronto-Canada, and Ottawa-Kansas) are listed on the left side of the card. "Works and Studios" for "Sun Sculpture" is listed on the right end of the card with their locations (Arlington and Westwood, New Jersey). The title and copyright date (1897) are printed at the bottom of the card. The two parts of the stereoscope are not showing exactly the same image.; Condition: Good

Collection:

Lenkin Family Collection of Photography (University of Pennsylvania)