Palestine: Jerusalem – Vue prise de la Montagne des Oliviers / Jerusalem – Vista tomada del Monte de las Olivas. Paris and New York: L. Turgis, after 1861.
High-quality hand-colored lithograph by the French painter Isidore Laurent Deroy (1797-1886), depicting a panoramic view of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives.
Below the image appear the names of the principal sites – the Valley of Jehoshaphat, the Dome of the Rock, Damascus Gate and others – together with the imprint, but without the year of publication (the lithograph was first published in February 1861).
47.5X31.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor creases. Repaired tear to upper edge, not affecting image. Traces of tape to verso.
