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Title:
Jérusalem : Porte de Damas [Graphic]
Year:
[1886-1887].
Creator:
Fromet, Abbé
Category:
Damascus Gate (Jerusalem)
Object Details:
1 photograph : albumen ; 17 x 12.1 cm ( 6.625 x 4.75 in).
Notes:
Photographs are housed in a burlap-covered box; the burlap has been 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 photographs; no title appears on the matte or the photograph; handwritten "71" on the matte refers to the number in the pamphlet
A few people are standing outside the Damascus Gate; one man in a white suit has a white umbrella and another man in black has a black umbrella; there are several carts near the walls
Collection:
CAJS Image Collection XBD FRO 3753 XBD52
The Lenkin Family Collection of Photography, University of Pennsylvania Libraries