Jerusalem - Section of Old City, 1857

Not on View

Medium

albumen print

Dimensions

image: 26 × 31 cm (10 1/4 × 12 3/16 in.)
mount: 45 × 57.3 cm (17 11/16 × 22 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Michael and Jane Wilson

Accession Number

2012.137.22

Artists / Makers

James Robertson (artist) British, 1813 - 1888

Felice Beato (artist) British, born Venice, 1832 - 1909

Antonio Beato (artist) British, born Corfu (?), after 1832 - 1906

Image Use

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Inscription

on mount, by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: ROBERSTON/BEATO; bottom center in graphite: Jerusalem c.1864; bottom right in graphite: 85:2093; on verso, bottom left in graphite: TR 1439.37; bottom right in graphite: SPB- / 29.03.85-; bottom right in black ink on white label: 83

Provenance

(sale, Sotheby's, London, 29 March 1985, no, 83, as Jerusalem, circa 1854, Albumen Print, 257 by 310mm, mounted on card, by James Robertson & Felice Beato). Michael and Jane Wilson, Wilson Centre for Photography, London, acquired 1994; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Wilson, Michael and Jane