Via Dolorosa--Over Which Christ Walked to the Cross of Calvary

Name:

Bain, Robert E. M.

Description:

1 photograph; b&w

Provenance:

Bertrand and Paola Lazard Holy Land Collection

Physical Description:

20.3 x 22.8 cm ( 8 x 9 in).

Rights:

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

Notes:

The Via Dolorosa with several arches spanning the street.; The photograph is in a book with a typed description. The description: "(Psalms, xxxv:7.)--'For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.' The Via Dolorosa is known as the mournful way over which our Saviour passed from the judgment hall to Calvary. This is a gloomy street where are arched passages, and an honored stone that has been so often pressed by the lips of pious pilgrims. It is very interesting, however, from the standpoint of the historian and the artist, for from this neighborhood the original ideas have been secured which take form in some of the most celebrated works of European art. The way begins with the palace of Pilate and ends in the church of the Holy Sepulcher. At the commencement of the Via Dolorosa there once stood the Scala Santa or staircase which was removed by Constantine to the Basilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome." The copyright year and photographer's name are printed at the bottom of the photograph, along with "Franklin Co Eng-Chi."; The photograph was not catalogued by Lazard--it was catalogued at LKCAJS.; Condition: Good

Collection:

Lenkin Family Collection of Photography (University of Pennsylvania)