Entrance of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem / Frith. – Vintage Wall Art
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(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: Entrance of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem / Frith., preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Entrance of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem / Frith.
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Frith's view centers on the doorway of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the entrance to the complex that tradition identifies as the site of Jesus's crucifixion, burial, and resurrection. Frith, a British photographer, traveled in Egypt and the Holy Land in the late 1850s, and this view was issued as plate 18 in *Sinai and Palestine*, an illustrated book published in London. The albumen print is signed on its glass negative, a detail that marks it as a working record of the photographer's own process. Local Muslim families have long held the church's keys, a custom that still shapes how the building is opened and secured.
| Created / published | [1862?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Signed on glass plate. Published in: Sinai and Palestine / Francis Frith. London : William Mackenzie, [1862?, pl. 18]. |
| Subjects | Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem)--1850-1860. Doors & doorways--Jerusalem--1850-1860. Churches--Jerusalem--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,742 × 4,632 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222022 |
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