35mm slide scanned by Ed Pollard-2010. Photo by Scott Wolf.

Front of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Artist Félix Bonfils (French, 1831-1885)

Dateca. 1880

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 11 1/4 × 8 3/4 in. (28.6 × 22.2 cm)
Overall, Support: 13 5/8 × 15 3/4 in. (34.6 × 40 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Charles T. Isaacs

Object number2001.31.4

Terms

Church
Dome
Sepia

On View

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a albumen print from a wet collodion negative on its original mount. It is backed with neg. 247, Door of the Holy Sepulchre (see image tab). The front image depicts the front of a church, with double arched windows on the second floor and doorways on the first. A dome is in the top center. The image on the back is of two arched doors; the one on the left is bricked over while the other has several people robed in black standing in front of the double doors.