Damascus : The Great Mosque, &c. And Abram said, "The steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus.'' Gen. XV.2.

Description
1 photograph
Albumen
Creator
Good, Frank Mason, 1839-1928
Date
1866 to 1867
Collection
Lenkin Family Collection of Photography (University of Pennsylvania)
Extent
15 x10 cm ( 6 x 3.75 in).
Notes
A building with a minaret on each of the two ends and a dome-shaped structure in the center.
The photograph has been mounted in an album. The title is printed beneath the photograph.
Condition: Good but the background and dome (upper half of the photograph) are significantly faded
The photograph dates to "4T1866/1S1867" and resembles 927GOO/XG38 which was taken from the same place but much later. Also see other photographs.
Provenance
Bertrand and Paola Lazard Holy Land Collection ; Avner ; January 1987
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

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