Auction 59 · Lot 240
Rabbin Juif a Jerusalem.
- Estimate
- $300–$400
- Hammer price
- $500
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
BONFILS, FELIX.
Place
Jerusalem, c. 1895
Description
Photograph credits and title on recto side, mounted on a photograph-backed(?) card with title in ink on mounting: ‘A Jew of Jerusalem.’ No. 633.
summary
Bonfils (1831-85) moved from France to Beirut in 1867 where he opened a photography studio. His stereoscopic work became well known to tourists traveling to the eastern Mediterranean as he produced many prints of the Near East.
11 x 8.75 inches.
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