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Call Number:

PH-00214

Collection Name:

Gottesman Collection Photographs

Creator:

Arnoux, Hippolyte, active 1860 - 1890

Bonfils, Félix, 1831 - 1885, active 1867 - 1885

unidentified photographer

No. of Items:

20 photographs likely from a disbound album

Span Dates:

circa 1870-circa 1890

Description:

The collection, which forms a part of the Gottesman Collection of Judaica and Hebraica, consists of twenty photographs that were taken in Palestine, Jerusalem, Syria, and elsewhere in the Middle East. Included are formally posed studio portraits, candid photographs taken outdoors, landscapes, cityscapes and architecture. The photographs were likely date from circa 1870 to circa 1890, and they are mounted on pages likely from a disbound album. Item-level information follows.

958:0064:0001 -- Félix Bonfils (French, 1831-1885). 55. Entrée des Pèlerins à Bethlehem le jour de Noël Palestine. Albumen print;
958:0064:0002 -- Unidentified photographer. [Men with camels]. Albumen print;
958:0064:0003 -- Hippolyte Arnoux (French, active circa 1860-circa 1890). [Group portrait in studio setting]. Albumen print;
958:0064:0004 -- Félix Bonfils (French, 1831-1885). [Landscape with town, title obscured in the lower left corner]. Albumen print;
958:0064:0005 -- Unidentified photographer. 19. The Mosque of Omar. Albumen print;
958:0064:0006 -- Félix Bonfils (French, 1831-1885). [Landscape with town, title obscured in the lower left corner]. Albumen print;
958:0064:0007 -- Unidentified photographer. 48. Rachel's Tomb. Albumen print;
958:0064:0008 -- Félix Bonfils (French, 1831-1885). 318. Champ de Haceldama. Albumen print;
958:0064:0009 -- Félix Bonfils (French, 1831-1885). 305. Jerusalem. Albumen print;
958:0064:0010 -- Unidentified photographer. 17. The Wailing Place: Ancient Wall of the Temple. Albumen print;
958:0064:0011 -- Félix Bonfils (French, 1831-1885). 360. Mont Thabor. Albumen print;
958:0064:0012 -- Félix Bonfils (French, 1831-1885). 103. Palestine - Vue générale d'Endor. Albumen print;
958:0064:0013 -- Félix Bonfils (French, 1831-1885). 488. Vue générale de Beyrouth et du Mt. Libia, Syrie. Albumen print;
958:0064:0014 -- Félix Bonfils (French, 1831-1885). 104. Palestine - Vue générale de Nain. Albumen print;
958:0064:0015 -- Félix Bonfils (French, 1831-1885). 363. Tiberiade, Panorama lac, Palestine, 1870. Albumen print;
958:0064:0016 -- Hippolyte Arnoux (French, active circa 1860-circa 1890). [Group Portrait in studio setting]. Albumen print;
958:0064:0017 -- Félix Bonfils (French, 1831-1885). 358. Palestine, Vue générale de Cana en Galilee, circa 1867-1880. Albumen print;
958:0064:0018 -- Unidentified photographer. [Group portrait outdoors]. Albumen print;
958:0064:0019 -- Unidentified photographer. [Landscape with town]. Albumen print;
958:0064:0020 -- Félix Bonfils (French, 1831-1885). Tombeau des Rois, cour intérieure, Jérusalem. Albumen print.

Accession No(s):

958:0064:0001-0020

Location(s):

Gottesman Box (958:0064:0001-0020)
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Item(s):
Artist/Maker Bonfils, Félix, 1831 - 1885, active 1867 - 1885
Title 55. Entrée des Pèlerins à Bethlehem le jour de Noël Palestine
Date 1867-1885
Medium Albumen print, mounted on paper
Accession
Number		 958:0064:0001
Artist/Maker unidentified photographer
Title [Men with camels]
Date circa 1870-circa 1890
Medium Albumen print, mounted on paper
Accession
Number		 958:0064:0002
Artist/Maker Arnoux, Hippolyte, active 1860 - 1890
Title [Group portrait in studio setting]
Date 1860s-1880s
Medium Albumen print, mounted on paper
Accession
Number		 958:0064:0003
Artist/Maker Bonfils, Félix, 1831 - 1885, active 1867 - 1885
Title [Landscape with town]
Date 1867-1885
Medium Albumen print, mounted on paper
Accession
Number		 958:0064:0004
Artist/Maker unidentified photographer
Title 19. The Mosque of Omar
Date circa 1870-circa 1890
Medium Albumen print, mounted on paper
Accession
Number		 958:0064:0005
Artist/Maker Bonfils, Félix, 1831 - 1885, active 1867 - 1885
Title [Landscape with town]
Date 1867-1885
Medium Albumen print, mounted on paper
Accession
Number		 958:0064:0006
Artist/Maker unidentified photographer
Title 48. Rachel's Tomb
Date circa 1870-circa 1890
Medium Albumen print, mounted on paper
Accession
Number		 958:0064:0007
Artist/Maker Bonfils, Félix, 1831 - 1885, active 1867 - 1885
Title 318. Champ de Haceldama
Date 1867-1885
Medium Albumen print, mounted on paper
Accession
Number		 958:0064:0008
Artist/Maker Bonfils, Félix, 1831 - 1885, active 1867 - 1885
Title 305. Jerusalem
Date 1867-1885
Medium Albumen print, mounted on paper
Accession
Number		 958:0064:0009
Artist/Maker unidentified photographer
Title 17. The Wailing Place: Ancient Wall of the Temple
Date circa 1870-circa 1890
Medium Albumen print, mounted on paper
Accession
Number		 958:0064:0010
Artist/Maker Bonfils, Félix, 1831 - 1885, active 1867 - 1885
Title 360. Mont Thabor
Date 1867-1885
Medium Albumen print, mounted on paper
Accession
Number		 958:0064:0011
Artist/Maker Bonfils, Félix, 1831 - 1885, active 1867 - 1885
Title 103. Palestine - Vue generale d'Endor
Date 1867-1885
Medium Albumen print, mounted on paper
Accession
Number		 958:0064:0012
Artist/Maker Bonfils, Félix, 1831 - 1885, active 1867 - 1885
Title 488. Vue générale de Beyrouth et du Mt. Liban, Syrie
Date 1867-1885
Medium Albumen print, mounted on paper
Accession
Number		 958:0064:0013
Artist/Maker Bonfils, Félix, 1831 - 1885, active 1867 - 1885
Title 104. Palestine - Vue générale de Nain
Date 1867-1885
Medium Albumen print, mounted on paper
Accession
Number		 958:0064:0014
Artist/Maker Bonfils, Félix, 1831 - 1885, active 1867 - 1885
Title 363. Tiberiade, Panorama lac, Palestine
Date 1870
Medium Albumen print, mounted on paper
Accession
Number		 958:0064:0015
Artist/Maker Arnoux, Hippolyte, active 1860 - 1890
Title [Group portrait in studio setting]
Date 1860s-1880s
Medium Albumen print, mounted on paper
Accession
Number		 958:0064:0016
Artist/Maker Bonfils, Félix, 1831 - 1885, active 1867 - 1885
Title 358. Palestine, Vue générale de Cana en Galilee
Date 1867-1880
Medium Albumen print, mounted on paper
Accession
Number		 958:0064:0017
Artist/Maker unidentified photographer
Title [Group portrait outdoors]
Date circa 1870-circa 1890
Medium Albumen print, mounted on paper
Accession
Number		 958:0064:0018
Artist/Maker unidentified photographer
Title [Landscape with town]
Date circa 1870-circa 1890
Medium Albumen print, mounted on paper
Accession
Number		 958:0064:0019
Artist/Maker Bonfils, Félix, 1831 - 1885, active 1867 - 1885
Title Tombeau des Rois, cour intérieure, Jérusalem
Date 1867-1885
Medium Albumen print, mounted on paper
Accession
Number		 958:0064:0020

See Also:

D. Samuel and Jeane H. Gottesman Book Collection: The photographs were transferred from the D. Samuel and Jeane H. Gottesman Book Collection (LI-10392).