Image
Category
Collection
Object type
Maker
Place of origin
Date

Mont Olivier

1857

A photograph entitled 'Mont Olivier' taken by James Robertson and Felice Beato in 1857.

Piscine probatoire - Bethesda

1857

A photograph entitled 'Piscine probatoire - Bethesda', taken by James Robertson and Felice Beato in 1857.

Monument d'Absalom

1857

A photograph entitled 'Monument d'Absalom' taken by James Robertson and Felice Beato in 1857.

Chateau de David

1857

A photograph entitled 'Chateau de David', taken by James Robertson and Felice Beato in 1857.

Tombeau de David

1857

A photograph entitled 'Tombeau de David', taken by James Robertson and Felice Beato in 1857.

Jerusalem prise du Mont Scopus

1857

A photograph entitled 'Jerusalem prise du Mont Scopus', taken by James Robertson and Felice Beato in 1857.

Eglise du St Sepulchre Façade

1857

A photograph entitled 'Eglise du St Sepulchre Façade', taken by James Robertson and Felice Beato in 1857.

Village de Bethanie

1857

A photograph entitled 'Village de Bethanie' taken by James Robertson and Felice Beato in 1857.

Vue General de la Mosquee d'Omar

1857

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).

Vue Generale de Mont Olivier

1857

A photograph entitled 'Vue Generale de Mont Olivier' taken by James Robertson in 1857. The photograph shows the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.

Arab woman teaches children to read and write, Jerusalem

1945-12-13

A photograph of an Arab woman teaching children in Jerusalem, taken in 1945 by Jack Esten for the Daily Herald. The children are being taught in an Arab women's voluntary club, the teacher insisted on having her back to the camera.

Framed facsimiles of Albert Einstein's manuscript featuring handrwitten formula E=MC^2

2006-12-14

A facsimile copy of a Einstein manuscript at the University of Jerusalem, presented to Stephen Hawking from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2006, two pages in one mount, 23½ x 21½in. framed

Damascus Gate, Jerusalem

"Damascus Gate, Jerusalem", signed, undated

Set of 23 replicas of Hebrew Liquid and Seed measures

1939

Set of 23 replicas of Hebrew Liquid and Seed measures, made in limestone as originals, of 1st century A.D., found in Jerusalem. Capacities range from 1/6" Gomor" (17.3 fl.oz) to 1 "Ephah" or "Bath" (6.48 Gallons

5 cards containing pressed and dried flowers from Mount Zia

1924

5 cards containing pressed and dried flowers from Mount Zia, made in Jerusalem, 1924