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1781.b.39, 1(1)
- Record Id:
- 040-003227514
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003227513
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026867937.0x000e47
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 1781.b.39, 1(1)
- Title:
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Jerusalem, from the Mount of Olives. Photographer: Frith, Francis
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Landscape Photography
Distant view, looking across the Valley of Jehoshaphat towards the east wall of the city of Jerusalem: 'Nowhere in this series do we so fully recognise the peculiar excellence of photography as in the view before us. In it we have the very reflection of Jerusalem. Artists have represented the Holy City; but while we have admired their works, we have lamented an inevitable want of perfect exactness...Here the first feeling is the satisfaction produced by confidence; and as with a much-loved face, such a truthful record is of more value than the most elaborately beautiful picture...'
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003227513
040-003227514 - Is part of:
- 1781.b.39, 1 : Cairo, Sinai, Jerusalem and the Pyramids of Egypt: a series of sixty photographic views by Francis Frith. With descriptions by…
1781.b.39, 1(1) : Jerusalem, from the Mount of Olives. Photographer: Frith, Francis - Hierarchy:
- 032-003227513[0001]/040-003227514
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: 1781.b.39, 1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1857
- End Date:
- 1857
- Date Range:
- 1857
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 158 mm x 230 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Card
- Former External References:
- 194
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Frith, Francis, 1822-1898