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

Portrait Of An Old Man With Sewing Devices

Artist Félix Bonfils (French, 1831-1885)

CultureFrench

Date1870s

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 7 7/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20 × 14 cm)
Overall, Support: 11 × 14 1/16 in. (27.9 × 35.7 cm)

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

Object number2001.31.5

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DescriptionThis is an albumen print from a wet collodion negative. It shows an elderly man, identified as the Grand Rabbi of Jerusalem. He holds a carding machine, used in sewing, and looks straight at the viewer.

Published ReferencesNissan N. Perez, _Focus East : early photography in the Near East, 1839-1885_, exh. cat., The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel, 1988, 107.