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Jerusalem, from the Mount of Olives – Historic Reproduction

Jerusalem, from the Mount of Olives, [published 1881] — historic photograph
Jerusalem, from the Mount of Olives, [published 1881]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Jerusalem seen from the Mount of Olives is a view that photographers and painters returned to again and again, and this woodburytype stands out because it was made for a book rather than sold as a standalone view. It appeared opposite page 24 of *Pathways of Palestine*, a descriptive tour of the Holy Land by the English clergyman and naturalist H.B. Tristram, published in London in 1881. The print is attributed to Frank Mason Good, and the woodburytype process, which turned photographs into tones of ink without a halftone screen, gave the city's walls and rooftops a fine, continuous softness. Viewed from the Mount of Olives, the old city spreads across the valley below, so the picture gives readers a vantage point that many travelers of the period sought out.

Created / published[published 1881]
Medium1 photomechanical print : woodburytype.
GenreCityscape photographs 1880-1890.Book illustrations 1880-1890.Woodburytypes 1880-1890.
NotesAttributed to Frank Mason Good. Illus. in: Pathways of Palestine, a descriptive tour through the Holy Land / by H.B. Tristram, F.R.S. Canon of Durham. London : Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, [1881], oppos. p. 24.
SubjectsJerusalem--1880-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,066 × 2,251 px · prints to 10 × 8 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-177098

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