Holy Land Digital Image Collections

Fromet, Abbé

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

Jerusalem : Basilica of the Assumption covering the tomb of the holy Virgin at Gethsemane

[1886-1887].

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

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Valley Of Jehosaphat

Tomb Of The Virgin

Church Of The Assumption

3734FRO/XBD33

CAJS Image Collection XBD FRO 3734 XBD33

The Lenkin Family Collection of Photography, University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Israel

Jerusalem