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Distant View of Damascus
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01538cgm a2200325 u 4500
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307051
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20160509152927.0
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100817q1857 enknnn i|eng u
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__|a  (CAJSImage)[system control number to record digital location]
099:
__|a  2666FRI/LM6
100:
1_|a  Frith, Francis |4  Photographer
245:
00|a  Distant View of Damascus |h  [Graphic]
246:
1_|a  Egypt and Palestine Photographed and Described, Vol. II
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__|a  London, |c  [1857].
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__|a  1 photograph : |b  albumen ; |c  22.2 x 15.7 cm ( 8.75 x 6.75 in).
500:
__|a  Title, photographer's name and date are printed on the matte; photographer's signature and series number (P 140) are handwritten on the photograph
520:
__|a  View of Damascus in the background and ruins in the foreground; a horse is in front of the ruins
590:
__|a  1
591:
__|a  None; a one page description of the subject follows on the next page
592:
__|a  Good; some fading
593:
__|a  Lazard dated the photograph to May-June 1857 and noted that it was identical to 839FRI/LC39 and 3681FRI/LQ28 and referred to the Frith book, photo no. 75
595:
__|a  [scanning note]
651:
_0|a  Syria
_0|a  Damascus (Syria)
700:
__|a  James S. Virtue (London) |4  Publisher
710:
__|4  Provenance |g  Sotheby's (London) |d  1989/04/14
2_|a  Holy Land Image Collection
2_|a  Lenkin Photo Image Collection
773:
0_|t  CAJS Image Collection |g  LM |l  FRI |m  2666 |n  LM6
0_|t  The Lenkin Family Collection of Photography, University of Pennsylvania Libraries

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Year: 1857
Creator: Frith, Francis
Physical description: photograph
Title: Distant View of Damascus