2007.219.63: Pool of Bethesda, Jerusalem

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2007.219.63

People

Robertson and Beato, British (active 1853 - 1867)
Published by Köhler & Weiss Libraires Editeurs (active 1850s - 1860s)

Title

Pool of Bethesda, Jerusalem

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1857

Places

Creation Place: Middle East, Palestine, Jerusalem

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/323344

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Albumen silver print

Dimensions

image: 25.4 x 31.2 cm (10 x 12 5/16 in.)
mount: 35.8 x 47.9 cm (14 1/8 x 18 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: Recto, below image, pre-printed mount: Robertson & Beato, phot. No. 7 Constantinople, Köhler & Weiss Libraires Editeurs. [over] Jerusalem. [over] La piscine probatoire/Bethesda/. [over] Ev. Jean Chap 5 v 2 et suite.
• stamp: verso, center, in black ink: FORBES LIBRARY, [over] NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Fund for the Acquisition of Photographs and Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Purchase Fund for Photographs

Accession Year

2007

Object Number

2007.219.63

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Re-View: S231 (Islamic rotation: 2) Sacred Sites: Nineteenth Century Photographs of Jerusalem, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 04/09/2009 - 08/02/2009
• 32Q: 2100 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/04/2015 - 07/08/2015

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