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Damascus. General view. Tomb of Saladin / Bonfils. – Antique Wall Art

Damascus. General view. Tomb of Saladin / Bonfils., [between 1870 and 1880] — historic print
Damascus. General view. Tomb of Saladin / Bonfils., [between 1870 and 1880]. Historic print 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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This rare historic print captures Damascus. General view. Tomb of Saladin / Bonfils. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Few monuments in the Ottoman Levant carried as much weight as the tomb of Saladin, the sultan who recaptured Jerusalem in 1187 and died in Damascus in 1193. This photograph frames that tomb within a broad general view of the city. It was made by Félix Bonfils, whose studio in Beirut sold travel views of Syria, Palestine and Egypt to European and American buyers. The record dates it only to between 1870 and 1880, but the wide scene still shows how the old city and its monuments looked in that decade.

Created / published[between 1870 and 1880]
GenreBeyrout
SubjectsNo. 227"--written in image. In album: Constantinople
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,290 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-182910

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