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The image shows a view of a narrow, cobbled lane between stone walls. An archway with a small structure on top is slightly off-center to the right. Stone buildings can be seen in the distance. The color palette is muted and natural, typical of aged stone. The texture of the stonework is detailed, adding to the historic feel.
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The image shows a view of a narrow, cobbled lane between stone walls. An archway with a small structure on top is slightly off-center to the right. Stone buildings can be seen in the distance. The color palette is muted and natural, typical of aged stone. The texture of the stonework is detailed, adding to the historic feel.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

Arch of the Ecce Homo, Jerusalem

James Robertson

Date
1857
Medium
salted paper print
Dimensions
image: 24.2 × 27.1 cm (9 1/2 × 10 11/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2012.137.5.14
Credit line
Gift of Michael and Jane Wilson
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CPH
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Volume
Views in Jerusalem and Athens

Subjects and terms

  • British
  • salted paper print
  • Ruin
  • Jerusalem
  • landscape
Provenance

(sale, Sotheby's, London, 08 May 1992, lot 19, as Sebastopol and Balaclava, Greece and Jerusalem. An album containing Twenty Four Photographs, 1850s); Michael and Jane Wilson, Wilson Centre for Photography, London, acquired 1992; gift to NGA, 2012.

Inscription

by artist, lower left in negative: arch of ecce homo / jerusalem, 1857; on verso, by unknown hand, lower center in brown ink: [? inscription possibly in Greek]

NGA object ID 163347. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.