The Golden Gate, Jerusalem

1857

James Robertson

Associated Names
James Robertson

Artist, British, 1813 - 1888

Felice Beato

Artist, British, born Venice, 1832 - 1909

Antonio Beato

Artist, British, born Corfu (?), after 1832 - 1906

The image shows a large, ancient stone wall with architectural elements and a gate. The horizon is not visible due to the focus on the wall. The color palette is monochromatic with shades of brown and beige. Close to the viewer, there are scattered stones and remnants of structures. Two figures stand by the wall. In the distance, the wall continues, receding into the backdrop with a subtle gradient in shading.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    salted paper print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Michael and Jane Wilson

  • Dimensions

    image: 29.4 × 24.2 cm (11 9/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.137.5.5

  • Volume Title

    Views in Jerusalem and Athens

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Sotheby's, London, 08 May 1992, lot 19, as Sebastopol and Balaclava, Greece and Jerusalem. An album containing Twenty Four Photographs, 1850s); Michael and Jane Wilson, Wilson Centre for Photography, London, acquired 1992; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, bottom right in ink: Robertson Beato & Co; bottom center in negative: the golden gate; on verso, by unknown hand, lower left in brown ink: [? inscription possibly in Greek]

Wikidata ID

Q64155491

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