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150 x 212 mm. A view showing the square stone sepulchre with a spine standing on the rocky hillside in the Valley of Jehosphaphat east of Jerusalem.

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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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137 x 97 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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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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250 x 193 mm. glossy print. Taken during the visit of the Archbishop of Canterbury to Jerusalem in Dec. 1960.

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231 x 157 mm. A view looking over the village of Bethany and showing small fields enclosed by stone walls with the houses of the inhabitants beyond.

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156 x 103 mm. glossy print with three copies (one 139 x 98 mm.). 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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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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227 x 161 mm. A view looking up the western slope, dotted here and there with olive trees, towards the church and tower of the Ascension.

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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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226 x 121 mm. A view looking over the convent rooftops towards the sheer cliffs in which the caves of ascetics can be seen.

Scope and Contents 229 x 164 mm. A view looking over the convent rooftops towards the sheer cliffs in which the caves of ascetics can be seen. Frith comments: 'The magnificently wild and deep ravine forms a sternly appropriate clinging-place for this old ascetic pile. We don't pretend to have done anything like justice to the subject in our photograph. The view should be taken from the other side of the ravine, from which the whole of the building and the entire depth of the ravine could perhaps be...

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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168 x 120 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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167 x 120 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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234 x 170 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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Title is in French, English, Spanish and Italian (?). Numbered '32' on the reverse.

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Title is in French, English, Spanish, Italian and German. Numbered '44' on the reverse.

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Title is in French, English, Spanish, Italian and German. Numbered '23' on the reverse.

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Title is in French, Spanish, Italian, English and German. Numbered '26' on the reverse.

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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128 x 155 mm. A view looking from the city wall, over an area of waste ground towards the dome and minaret of the Mosque of Omar.

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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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155 x 108 mm. glossy print, with 35 mm. negative.