Large collection of prints depicting views and sights in Palestine and the Near East, most of them after works by artists who visited Palestine in the 19th century - Ulrich Halbreiter, David Roberts, William Henry Bartlett, photographer Frances Frith and others. London, Edinburgh, Munich, Stuttgart, New York and elsewhere, 19th century (some prints are possibly from the early 20th century).
Approx. 240 prints – engravings and lithographs (some are in color or hand-colored), from books. The sites depicted include: Jerusalem, Tiberias, Beit Guvrin, Solomon's Pools, Valley of Josaphat, Khan al-Tujjar (Lower Galilee), the ruins of a temple in Thebes (Egypt), the city of Suez before the canal was constructed, and many other sites. Some of the prints were made by important and well-known engravers or printers: William Finden (1787-1852); James Baylis Allen (1803-1876); the Johann Gabriel Friedrich Poppel and Georg Michael Kurz printing firm; and more.
Approx. 240 prints. Several duplicates. Size and condition vary.