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Francis Frith — City Wall and Mosque of Omar, Jerusalem
Francis Frith

City Wall and Mosque of Omar, Jerusalem

1857

Frith's photograph of Jerusalem's most sacred spaces demonstrates his role in bringing biblical landscapes into Victorian parlors through the new medium of photography.

Medium
Albumen print, pl. 28 from the album "Egypt and Palestine, Volume I" (1858)

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Francis Frith, City Wall and Mosque of Omar, Jerusalem, 1857

Frith's photograph of Jerusalem's most sacred spaces demonstrates his role in bringing biblical landscapes into Victorian parlors through the new medium of photography.

Medium
Albumen print, pl. 28 from the album "Egypt and Palestine, Volume I" (1858)
Year
1857
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Albumen Print, Documentary, Jerusalem, 19th Century, Photograph, Landscape, Historical, British, Architecture, Sepia Tones

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art