Jérusalem : Tour Antonia et Environs

Alternate Title:

Jerusalem : Tower of Antonia and Environs

Name:

Clercq, M. de (Louis), 1836-1901

Date:

1859-12

Description:

1 photograph; calotype

Provenance:

Bertrand and Paola Lazard Holy Land Collection; Schoeller et Lepert; 1982 June

Physical Description:

27.4 x 19.8 cm ( 10.75 x 7.75 in).

Rights:

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

Notes:

A view of the city and the Mount of Olives, looking east from the Tower of Antonia.; "J. Blondeau et Antonnin Script., Lith. H. Jannin, Paris" is printed at the bottom of the album's title page. Albums 3 and 4 are bound together. Captions are in French on the matte. "9" and an insignia are printed on the matte.; Condition: Fair; somewhat faded and grainy; Lazard dated the image to December 1859. He noted that the tower in the photograph is actually the Minaret of Ghawanima.

Collection:

Lenkin Family Collection of Photography (University of Pennsylvania)