Native of Bethlehem on his donkey Holy Land (i.e. West Bank) – Vintage Wall Art
![Native of Bethlehem on his donkey Holy Land (i.e. West Bank), [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ce/ce11e98550f2-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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Native of Bethlehem on his donkey Holy Land (i.e. West Bank) comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Native of Bethlehem on his donkey Holy Land (i.e. West Bank)
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A Bethlehem townsman sits astride his donkey in this hand-colored photochrom, one of the Holy Land views that the Detroit Publishing Company sold in bulk to travelers and armchair readers. The process, a early color reproduction method that layered several lithographic stones, was developed in Switzerland and used by the Detroit firm from the 1890s onward to turn studio-quality photographs into bright, painterly prints. Pictures of local people like this one were popular with Western buyers who wanted a glimpse of daily life in Palestine, though the posed subject and the tinted palette show how such scenes were shaped for the market.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom color. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co. Catalogue J, 1905. Print no. 15118. Views of the Holy Land |
| Source | Library of Congress, Photochrom Prints |
| Original scan | 2,752 × 3,648 px · prints to 9 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 2840_Native_of_Bethlehem_on_1890.tif-05912u |
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