Holy Land Digital Image Collections

Jérusalem : Basilique de l'Assomption recouvrant le tombeau de la sainte Vierge à Gethsémani [Graphic]

[1886-1887].

Fromet, Abbé

Valley Of Jehosaphat

Tomb Of The Virgin

Church Of The Assumption

1 photograph : albumen ; 16 x 12.2 cm ( 6.375 x 4.75 in).

Photographs are housed in a burlap-covered box; the burlap has been decorated using 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 "45" on the matte refers to the number in the pamphlet

Exterior of the Tomb of the Virgin

CAJS Image Collection XBD FRO 3734 XBD33

The Lenkin Family Collection of Photography, University of Pennsylvania Libraries