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BONFILS PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE LATE 1800's - 1
These 57 pictures are from Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Egypt.
Collections of Bonfils pictures are available at several museums around
the world. Bonfils' pictures may also be found on the open market at reasonable
prices as their prints were quite usual and produced in large numbers.
- 01 View of Jaffa from the Sea,
Jaffa vu de la mer.
- 02 [Part of] A panoramic view of the
Bonfils workshop in Beirut.The frames lined up hold prints being made
by contact with a glass negative and exposure to the sun. Collection
of the Bonfils family.
- 03
[Dance of the almes and the Arab singers] Danse de almees et chanteuses arabes.
- 04 [View of Mount Hermon taken from
Racheya]
- 05 [Rug shop, Cairo]
Magasin de tapis...Le Caire
- 06 [Gateway of the platform of the
Dome of the Rock] Porte de la plate-forme de la mosquee d'Omar.
- 07 Detail of the decorative
letterhead for the Villa de Chenes in Brummana, showing Adrien's new
role as hotel proprietaire.
- 08 [Palestine, view of Sidon]
Palestine. Vue de Sidon.
- 09 [Palestine, bridge over the
Jordan, side view] Palestine. Pont du Jourdain, vue laterale.
- 10 [Palestine, bridge over the
Jordan, front view] Palestine. Pont du Jourdain, vue de face.
- 11
Place of the Temptation on Mt. Quarantania, Palestine, Lieu de la
tentatioin sur le mont de la quarantaine. Palestine.
- 12 [Palestine, genral view of
Ceasarea] Palestine. Vue generale de Ceasarea.
- 13 [Fortress of Kerak, taken from the
east] Forteresse de Kerak, prise de l'estd.
- 14
Greek ceremony of washing the feet in the outside court of
the Holy Sepulchre. Ceremonie du lavement de pied chez les
Grecs, devant le St-Sepulchre.
- 15
The Jews Wailing Place, a Friday, Mur
des Juifs, un vebdredi.
- 16
Via Dolorosa, Station Seven, Jerusalem. Porte
judiciaire, VII Station.
- 17
Mosque of Omar [Dome of the Rock] and David's Judgment
Seat, Jerusalem, Mosquee d'Omar et tribunal de David.
- 18
The Sacred Rock, Mosque of Omar [Dome of the Rock],
Jerusalem.
- 19
Mosque of El-Aksa, Jerusalem, Jerusalem. Mosquee,
El-Aksa.
- 20
Mosque of Omar [Dome of the Rock] from the South,
Jerusalem.
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