Vue Générale de Damas

Alternate Title:

General View of Damascus

Description:

1 photograph; b&w

Language:

French; English

Provenance:

Bertrand and Paola Lazard Holy Land Collection

Physical Description:

24.8 x 19.8 cm ( 9.75 x 7.875 in).

Rights:

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

Notes:

View of the city of Damascus in the distance.; The photograph is in a book with a typed description in French and English. The French description: "Le royaume de Damas, rival du royaume israélite, fut pris par les Assyriens sous Achaz; depuis, Damas a été successivement en Orient l'un des principaux boulevards de la civilisation gréco-romaine, de l'empire byzantin et de la domination arabe. L'éclat de Damas commence avec les Ommiades, qui y transfèrent le siège de leur pouvoir. Elle soutient les assauts des croisés et Saladin en fait le centre de ses opérations militaires. Elle tombe tour à tour entre les mains des Mongols, en 1260; des mamelouks d'Égypte, des Tartares, en 1300, enfin, du sultan turc Sélim, en 1516. Depuis ce temps, Damas est un chef-lieu de province de l'empire turc. Des scènes d'horreur inoubliables ont ensanglanté cette ville en 1860; on fait monter à 14000 le nombre des chrétiens massacrés par les Druses. Elles amenèrent l'expédition française de Syrie." The English translation: "The kingdom of Damascus, the rival of the kingdom of Israel, was taken by the Assyrians under Achaz. Since then it has successively been a great centre of the greco-roman civilisation, of the byzantine empire and of the Arab rule. The fame of Damascus began with the Ommiades who made it the seat of their power. It sustained the assaults of the Crusaders and became the centre of Saladin's military operations. It fell into the hands of the Mongols in 1260, of the Mamelouks of Egypt, of the Tartars in 1300 and, finally, the Turkish sultan Selim took possession of it in 1516. Since that time, Damascus has been the capital of a turkish province. Scenes of horror, that can never be forgotten, stained the city with blood in 1860, the number of christians massacred by the Druses is said to amount 14 000. This let[sic] to the French expedition to Syria." The initials "BP" are printed at the lower right of the photograph. "27" is printed in small type at the bottom of the page.; The photograph was not catalogued by Lazard--it was catalogued at LKCAJS.; Condition: Good

Collection:

Lenkin Family Collection of Photography (University of Pennsylvania)