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Wf1/4621(11)
- Record Id:
- 040-003302642
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003302631
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028276000.0x001555
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Wf1/4621(11)
- Title:
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Tiberias, from the south. Photographer: Frith, Francis
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography
View along the waterfront: 'I judge that the waters of the lake have encroached considerably upon the Roman town of Tiberias, or else that the sea-wall has crumbled away, leaving the towers or bastions only standing far out into the water. From one of these remaining masses of old Roman masonry, nearly the most southern one, the present view is taken. These ruins (which are portions of the walls of the old town), and the castle seen in view, at the northern extremity, constitute the most striking features of the place at the present day. The town itself is a most wretchedly forlorn and dirty-looking assemblage of houses, or hovels of ultra-oriental character...'
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003302631
040-003302642 - Is part of:
- Wf1/4621 : Sinai and Palestine. Photographer(s): Frith, Francis
Wf1/4621(11) : Tiberias, from the south. Photographer: Frith, Francis - Hierarchy:
- 032-003302631[0011]/040-003302642
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Wf1/4621
- 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:
- 1858
- Date Range:
- c 1857
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 162 mm x 226 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Card
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Frith, Francis, 1822-1898
- Subjects:
- Architectural Types
Architecture
Bodies Of Water
Dwellings
Houses
Lakes - Places:
- Tiberias, Northern District, Ha Ẕafon, Israel, Asia