516: Silaom and Valley of Kidron, Jerusalem.
Francis Frith and Co.
Category
Photographs
Date
1870 - 1890
Materials
Card
Measurements
70 x 142 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520236
Summary
A monochrome albumen stereograph card depicting of the village of Siloam and the valley of Kidron, Jerusalem. A tent with three figures on the right hand side overlooks the valley towards the village set into the hill side. Recto: handwritten number three on top left of card. Verso: printed in black ink within a frame with the number 516 on top left handside; entitled views in the Holy Land, second series. the village of Siloam and Valley of the Kidron Jerusalem as a title., followed by a description of the situation of the village and its origin. Bottom left of frame: "entered at Stationers' Hall; bottom right "Depose" in French Pencil mark on left handside of card: L.O., followed by a few letters ?
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection, a gift from the British Film Institute (BFI) in 2017. From 1986-1999, it was part of the BFI's collection for the Museum of the Moving Image (MOMI). The BFI purchased the collection in 1986 from James Fenton (Fenton Museum of Photography), Port Erin, Isle of Man (1976-1986)
Makers and roles
Francis Frith and Co., photographic studio