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photographic print
Object Type
photographic print
Museum number
Af,A52.207
Description
Wailing place, Jerusalem. Hebrew inscriptions on wall at right. Medium group of male and female adults standing at far end of place. Medium: Gelatin silver print.
Producer name
Photographed by:
John Frederick Clifford Hunt
Production date
1917
(circa)
Production place
Made in:
Western Wall
Made in:
Asia
(Middle East)
Technique
gelatin silver printing
Dimensions
Length:
8.10 centimetres
Width:
11.50 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Circumstances: [HUN-] PIC DOC 66. The Imperial War Museum holds photographs from the same collection with a more military content - see [HUN-] PIC DOC 66.
Location
Not on display
Subjects
communications
pilgrim
religious building
judaism
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
Western Wall
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Joan J Hunt
(Mrs)
Acquisition date
1995
Acquisition notes
Copyright: British Museum.
Department
Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number
Af,A52.207