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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2007.219.63
People
Robertson and Beato, British (active 1853 - 1867)
Published by Köhler & Weiss Libraires Editeurs (active 1850s - 1860s)
Title
Pool of Bethesda, Jerusalem
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1857
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Palestine, Jerusalem
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/323344

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 25.4 x 31.2 cm (10 x 12 5/16 in.)
mount: 35.8 x 47.9 cm (14 1/8 x 18 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Recto, below image, pre-printed mount: Robertson & Beato, phot. No. 7 Constantinople, Köhler & Weiss Libraires Editeurs. [over] Jerusalem. [over] La piscine probatoire/Bethesda/. [over] Ev. Jean Chap 5 v 2 et suite.
  • stamp: verso, center, in black ink: FORBES LIBRARY, [over] NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Fund for the Acquisition of Photographs and Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Purchase Fund for Photographs
Accession Year
2007
Object Number
2007.219.63
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Exhibition History

  • Re-View: S231 (Islamic rotation: 2) Sacred Sites: Nineteenth Century Photographs of Jerusalem, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 04/09/2009 - 08/02/2009
  • 32Q: 2100 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/04/2015 - 07/08/2015

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