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Hebron with mosque covering the Cave of Macpelah / Frith. – Vintage Wall Art

Hebron with mosque covering the Cave of Macpelah / Frith., [1862?] — historic photograph
Hebron with mosque covering the Cave of Macpelah / Frith., [1862?]. 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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Step back in time with Hebron with mosque covering the Cave of Macpelah / Frith., a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The mosque in this view stands over the Cave of Machpelah in Hebron, the traditional burial place of Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebecca, Jacob, and Leah, and the site is still sacred to Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Francis Frith, a British photographer, made the negative during his travels in Egypt and the Levant in the late 1850s, and the print was later issued as plate 9 in his book *Sinai and Palestine*, published in London around 1862. Because non-Muslims were largely barred from entering the sanctuary in this period, outside views like this one were often the closest Western audiences could come to the building. The massive ancient masonry at its base is worth noticing, since it reflects the older construction the later mosque was built upon.

Created / published[1862?]
Medium1 photographic print : albumen.
GenreCityscape photographs 1850-1860.Book illustrations 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870.
NotesSigned and numbered (P119) on glass plate. Published in: Sinai and Palestine / Francis Frith. London : William Mackenzie, [1862?, pl. 9].
SubjectsḤaram al-Ibrāhīmī (Hebron)--1850-1860. Tomb of the Patriarchs (Hebron)--1850-1860. Mosques--West Bank--Hebron--1850-1860. Hebron--1850-1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,657 × 3,747 px · prints to 16 × 12 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-222013

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