Fountain of Siloam Valley of Jehosophat – Vintage Wall Art
![Fountain of Siloam Valley of Jehosophat, [published 1842] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8f/8fb0de7cbe49-L.webp)
(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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A window into the past: Fountain of Siloam Valley of Jehosophat, preserved in this antique lithograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Fountain of Siloam Valley of Jehosophat
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Of the many views David Roberts made in the Holy Land, this color lithograph focuses on the Pool of Siloam, the rock-cut basin at the mouth of the Tyropoeon valley, set in the Valley of Jehoshaphat below the walls of Jerusalem. Roberts sketched the region during his 1839 visit and returned to England to have the drawings translated into lithographs by Louis Haghe, published in parts by F. G. Moon between 1842 and 1845. The plate reflects the mid-century European appetite for accurate, atmospheric views of biblical sites, and it remains a useful record of how the spring-fed pool looked to Victorian travelers.
| Created / published | [published 1842] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1840-1850.Lithographs Color 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-1845, v. 1, pts. 3-4, p. 2. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 1, pl. 3, p. 18. Tooley, no. 16 |
| Subjects | Siloam, Pool of (Jerusalem)--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,458 × 1,169 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217433 |
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