Le Carmel : Monastère du Carmel

Alternate Title:

Mount Carmel : Monastery of Mt. Carmel

Name:

Fromet, Abbé

Date:

1886/1887

Description:

1 photograph; Albumen

Provenance:

Bertrand and Paola Lazard Holy Land Collection; Delas; 1994 October 16

Physical Description:

17 x 12 cm ( 6.75 x 4.75 in)

Rights:

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

Notes:

Exterior of the monastery. Two horses (one black, one white) appear in front of the monastery building. There are several tents set up outside the monastery.; The photograph was originally housed in a burlap-covered box which was decorated with crewelwork with symbols and borders on four sides and the lid.The names "Bethlehem," "Bethanie," "Nazar[eth]," and "Jerusalem" each appear on one of the four sides. A pamphlet entitled "Souvenirs Photographiques d'un Pélerinage du Pénitence en Terre-Sainte par M. l'abbé Fromet, curé d'Angé (Loir-et-Cher)" and a list of the mounted photographs accompanies the XBD collection. No title appears on the matte or on the photograph. A handwritten "3" on the matte refers to the number in the pamphlet.; Condition: Good; some fading and some foxing of the matte

Collection:

Lenkin Family Collection of Photography (University of Pennsylvania)