The upper pool of Gihon
- Description
- 1 photograph
- [salt print]
- Creator
- Diness, M. J. (Mendel John)
- Collection
- Lenkin Family Collection of Photography (University of Pennsylvania)
- Extent
- 25.9 x 20 cm ( 10.25 x 8 cm).
- Notes
- A pool with a small building at the corner. Jerusalem's walls are visible in the background. An area around the pool has gravestones and rocks.
- The photograph has been mounted on matte.
- Condition: Good
- "Origine de la planche LXII de Pierotti Jerusalem explored[;] Date d'apres R745DIN/RXP48." The title on the matte originally was "Pool of Hezekiah (?) or Gihon." The photograph was taken in March 1857 and is identical to no. 17 in the album of the Israel Museum.
- Provenance
- Bertrand and Paola Lazard Holy Land Collection ; Froats (USA) ; 1990 December
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
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