Tombeau d'Absalon, Jérusalem – Antique Print
(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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Step back in time with Tombeau d'Absalon, Jérusalem, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Tombeau d'Absalon, Jérusalem
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The monument shown here is the rock-cut tomb in the Kidron Valley, outside the eastern wall of Jerusalem, which has long been called the Tomb of Absalom. Its tall, carved cube and conical cap stand out from the surrounding cliff face, and local tradition has linked it to David's rebellious son since at least the medieval period, though modern scholars date it centuries after his time. Auguste Salzmann made the photographs in Jerusalem around 1854, and this albumen print comes from his 1856 Paris publication, one of the earliest systematic photographic records of the city's ancient sites. The image shows how photography was being used to document places that travelers had previously known mainly through drawings.
| Created / published | Paris : Gidé et J. Baudry, 1856. |
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| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1850-1860.Albumen prints 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Published in: Jérusalem; étude et reproduction photographique des monuments de la Ville Sainte, depuis l'époque judaïque jusqu'à nos jours / Auguste Salzmann. Paris: Gidé et J. Baudry, 1856, v. 3, no. 2. |
| Subjects | Absalom,--son of David--Tomb. Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Jerusalem--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,647 × 3,742 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222253 |
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