A photograph entitled 'Vue General de la Mosquee d'Omar' taken by James Robertson and Felice Beato in 1857. The photograph shows the Mosque of Omar. Omar was the caliph-successor of Muhammad who captured Jerusalem from the Eastern Roman Empire. Robertson and Beato began working together in 1853. Together they photographed in Constantinople (now Istanbul), Greece, Jerusalem, and Balaklava where they documented the Crimean War, continuing the work of Roger Fenton (1819-1869).

A photograph entitled 'Vue General de la Mosquee d'Omar' taken by James Robertson and Felice Beato in 1857.

The photograph shows the Mosque of Omar. Omar was the caliph-successor of Muhammad who captured Jerusalem from the Eastern Roman Empire.

Robertson and Beato began working together in 1853. Together they photographed in Constantinople (now Istanbul), Greece, Jerusalem, and Balaklava where they documented the Crimean War, continuing the work of Roger Fenton (1819-1869).