Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Five Photographs - Jerusalem, Mar Saba Monastery, Bethany and the Dead Sea, 1894

Opening: $500
Unsold
Five photographs portraying a group of tourists in Palestine, 1894:
* Group photograph in Jerusalem, on the background of the Old City Walls and the Dome of the Rock. * Group photograph by Mar Saba monastery. Titled and dated in the plate: "Marsaba 6. IV. 94". * Photograph at the Dead Sea. Titled and dated in the plate: "Totes Meer 6. IV. 94". * Photograph of a tent camp in the Valley of Kidron. Titled and dated in the plate: "Zeltlager bei Marsaba 6/7. IV. 94" [German: tent camp by Mar Saba]. * Group photograph in Bethany. Titled and dated in the plate: "Bethanien 7. IV. 94".
Five photographs, approx. 22X16 to 27X19.5 cm. Good overall condition. Two photographs are mounted on thick cardboard sheets and two are mounted on thin cardboard sheets (new). Some tears at margins (mainly small). Slight stains and creases. Three photographs are detached at corners from the cardboard sheets.
Maps, Travels in Palestine, Photography
Maps, Travels in Palestine, Photography