postcard
- Museum number
- EPH-ME.2845
- Description
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Postcard; printed; tinted monochrome photograph showing the Duke of Connaught, and his associated military personnel, visiting the Mosque of Omar on 22 May 1918.
- Production date
- 1918 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 9 centimetres
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Width: 13.90 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Old card; postally unused.
The Duke and his entourage are clearly wearing shoe protectors to avoid them defacing the carpet inside the Mosque.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Excellent condition
- Associated events
- Associated Event: First World War
- Acquisition date
- 2014
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired by the donor in Jerusalem in 1967 from an Armenian-run shop next to the Jaffa Gate.
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- EPH-ME.2845