Call Number:

PH-02209

Collection Name:

Stones of Palestine: Notes of a Ramble through the Holy Land

Creator:

No. of Items:

12 items

Span Dates:

1865

Description:

Photographically illustrated book by by Mrs. Mentor Mott, entitled Stones of Palestine: Notes of a Ramble through the Holy Land (London: Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1865.), containing twelve albumen prints by Francis Bedford (British, 1816-1894). The volume is inscribed by the author to Elizabeth Maria Thompson; inscribed: Mentor Mott; and stamped; Gernsheim Collection; and it contains handwritten notations throughout. Illustration captions follow.

964:3588:0001 -- Jerusalem. The Garden of Gethsemane, looking towards the City Walls;
964:3588:0002 -- Mount Hermon, Or the Mount of the Transfiguration;
964:3588:0003 -- The Lake of Gennesareth, or Sea of Galilee: View from Tiberais;
964:3588:0004 -- Ain-et-Tin. The Supposed Site of Capernaum;
964:3588:0005 -- Nablous. The Ancient Shechem, or Sychar;
964:3588:0006 -- Jerusalem. General View from the Mount of Olives;
964:3588:0007 -- Bethany. General View from the East;
964:3588:0008 -- Hebron. The Town and the Great Mosque;
964:3588:0009 -- Bethlehem. From the roof of the Church of the Nativity;
964:3588:0010 -- Jerusalem. The Tomb of Absalom, in the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
964:3588:0011 -- Jerusalem. The Mosque of Omar, from the Governor’s House;
964:3588:0012 -- Joppa. View from the West.

Location(s):

DS 107 M677 1865 HRC-P (964:3588:0001-0012)
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