Holy Land Digital Image Collections

Jérusalem : Tombeaux d'Absalon, de saint Jacques et de Zacharie [Graphic]

[1886-1887].

Fromet, Abbé

Valley Of Jehosaphat

Tomb Of Absalom

Tomb Of St. James

Tomb Of Zechariah

1 photograph : albumen ; 16.8 x 12 cm ( 6.625 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 "54" on the matte refers to the number in the pamphlet

Tombs of Absalom, Saint James and Zechariah with the Mount of Olives in the background; view taken from the southwest

CAJS Image Collection XBD FRO 3740 XBD39

The Lenkin Family Collection of Photography, University of Pennsylvania Libraries