Francis Frith
View of the Holy Land

ArtistEnglish, 1822–1898
PublisherBritish, founded 1859
CultureBritish
Titles
  • View of the Holy Land
Datec. 1855–1870
Possible placeJordan
Possible placeIsrael
MediumAlbumen silver print
DimensionsImage/Sheet:6 1/8 × 8 1/16 in. (15.6 × 20.5 cm)
Mount: 12 × 15 in. (30.5 × 38.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan and Stanford Alexander in honor of Max Herzstein
Object number88.193
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceWestside National Bank, Houston; purchased by MFAH, 1988.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
recto bottom left corner of mount in pencil "Jerusalem. Village of Selvam[?] / 577 and Valley of the Kidron[?]"
printed bottom left corner of image "577"
verso of mount bottom right corner a printed label "FRITH'S / PHOTO-PICTURES / THE / UNIVERSAL SERIES"

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