Graves of St. James & Zacharias

Louis-Constant-Henri-François de Clercq (French, 1836–1901)

1859–60

Medium/Technique Photograph, albumen print from waxed paper negative, with hand additions in watercolor wash, on original lithographed mount

Dimensions Sheet: 45.5 x 59.2 cm (17 15/16 x 23 5/16 in.)

Credit Line Charles Amos Cummings Fund

Accession Number2009.2326

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Judaica, Photography

ClassificationsPhotographs

DescriptionPlate 27 from Volume 3, "Jerusalem and Palestine", (Voyage en Orient). Recent research has determined that the tombs are of Bene Hezit (left) and Zechariah. Both are Jewish display tombs from the late second or early first century BC and were carved from solid rock.

ProvenanceLibrairie Schwilden (Brussels, Belgium); to Charles Isaacs Photographs (New York, NY); from whom purchased by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Accession Date: April 22, 2009)