Jérusalem, Beit-Lehem, Vue générale, Auguste Salzmann, 1854


Jérusalem, Beit-Lehem, Vue générale, 1854, Salted paper print from paper negative, Image: x cm (8 7/8 x 10 7/8 in.), Photographs, Auguste Salzmann (French, 1824–1872), Viewed from afar, the small, dark windows of Bethlehem’s geometric dwellings evoke the words of Salzmann’s countryman, the explorer François-René de Chateaubriand: 'This sacred land dares no longer express its joy, and locks within its bosom the recollections of its glory


Size: 5432px × 4346px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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