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317 x 263 mm. View of the Aceldama, the area outside Jerusalem purchased with the blood money of Judas. The print is signed: 'Aceldama, Jerus, 1857, Robertson Beato and Co'.

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A collection of captioned glass negatives illustrating the CMS's work.

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53 x 80 mm

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268 x 305 mm. View looking along the path towards the tower and arch of Antonia, Jerusalem. The print is signed: 'Robertson Beato and Co'.

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223 x 273 mm. matt print, with 140 x 90 mm. glossy print. Taken during the visit of the Archbishop of Canterbury to Jerusalem in Dec. 1960.

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155 x 111 mm. glossy print, with three copies. Taken during the consecration of Canon Najib Atolla Cubain, first Bishop of Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, the first Arab bishop in the Anglican Communion, in St. George’s Cathedral, 6 Jan. 1958.

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138 x 99 mm. glossy print. Taken during the enthronement of the Most Rev. A. Campbell MacInnes, first Anglican Archbishop in Jerusalem, 30 Aug. 1957.

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313 x 248 mm. View of the Damascus Gate and the Tower of David, Jerusalem. The print is signed: 'Robertson Beato and Co'.

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226 x 160 mm. A view looking along the city wall towards the dome of the mosque of Omar and 'El Haram-esh-Sherif', the Holy Sanctuary, with the houses of the city beyond. With wasteland and cactus in the left foreground.

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139 x 98 mm. glossy print. Taken during the consecration of Canon Najib Atolla Cubain, first Bishop of Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, the first Arab bishop in the Anglican Communion, in St. George’s Cathedral, 6 Jan. 1958.

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53 x 80 mm

Scope and Contents 157 x 252 mm. A view showing the domed front facade of the Church, situated in the north-west part of the city. Frith comments: 'The exterior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, as seen in this view, although it suffers much from the mean style of the upper portion, presents a very picturesque appearance. The Norman door-ways, with their rich clustered columns and well-proportioned arches, showing a fine mixture of bold and delicate work, and the not less beautiful, but much injured,...

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82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions.

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85 x 53 mm

Scope and Contents 185 x 133 mm. This group shows twelve individuals and was taken ‘as a souvenir of our trip’ at the end of a visit to the Holy Land. Apart from the three shown in RCMS21/2/40, it includes others who are presumably the Americans from New York and Philadelphia whom Laing met on the boat to Jaffa on 5 January. The group can therefore be assumed to show: seated in centre: Mr and Mrs Thomas and their daughter Gertrude; standing behind: Guide; Arthur Dodge and Frank Witherbee (graduates from Yale,...

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155 x 111 mm. glossy print, with three copies. Individuals are named on the back. Taken during the consecration of Canon Najib Atolla Cubain, first Bishop of Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, the first Arab bishop in the Anglican Communion, in St. George’s Cathedral, 6 Jan. 1958.

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53 x 80 mm

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53 x 80 mm

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68 x 90 mm. Trade card.

Scope and Contents 232 x 160 mm. A distant view taken from the northern extremity of the Mount of Olives and looking over the valley of Jehoshaphat towards the walls and town of Jerusalem. The prominent dome in the city is the Mosque of Omar. Frith comments: 'Nowhere in this series do we so fully recognize the peculiar excellence of photography as in the view before us. In it we have the very reflection of Jerusalem. Artists have represented the Holy City; but while we have admired their works, we have...

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226 x 156 mm. A view looking west from the Mount of Olives, over the Valley of Jehospaphat and towards Jerusalem, with the prominent dome of the Mosque of Omar in the centre. In the foreground are olive trees beside which stand two Arabs.

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Title is in French, English, Italian, Spanish and German. Numbered '35' on the reverse.

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229 x 159 mm. A view from the junction of the valley of Jehoshapat and the valley of Hinnom, showing the Well of En-Rogel (enclosed in a vaulted stone building) in the foreground with the City of Jerusalem visible on the hillside beyond. The surrounding landscape is rock-strewn hillside with an (?) olive grove in the middle distance.

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227 x 162 mm. A view from the Well of En-Rogel (omitting the well itself from the picture), with the City of Jerusalem visible on the hillside beyond. The surrounding landscape is rock-strewn hillside with an (?) olive grove in the middle distance.

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Title is in French, English, Spanish and Italian (?). Numbered '32' on the reverse.