Religious Places

Delightful fine quality steel engraving showing Mount Zion. Jerusalem (The Mosque of David). circa 1875.

This engraving shows the Mosque of David in the city of Jerusalem. The Mosque can be seen in the middle of the engraving on top of Mount Zion. The rest of the city can be seen stretching away to the background of the picture. In the foreground a group of people can be seen discussing matters next to a well. The engraving is surrounded by a border drawn in the middle-Easter style and colored in gold. The engraving is 12 1/2" x 10" with the picture being 5 1/2" x 4". The print is in

Very Good + condition

Delightful fine quality steel engraving showing the great Egyptian temple at Thebes. c. 1875.

This wonderful engraving shows the ruined temple of Thebes in Egypt. Four great statues of the Pharaoh stand guardian to the ruins of the temple. Alas. the guardians themselves are in a sorry state with some lacking heads or other features on their body. Around the pillars of the temple. carved to look like papyrus trees are carvings of the Faro and the Egyptian Gods. Other parts of the temple lay ruined on the floor. People are walking around the temple admiring the ruins. The engraving is surrounded by a border colored gold and drawn in the middle-eastern style. This engraving is 12 1/2" x 10" with the picture being 5 1/2" x 4".

Very Good + condition

Delightful fine quality steel engraving showing the temple of No Ammon. Thebes. the Portico of the Temple of Karnack. circa 1875.

This engraving shows the entrance to the temple of No Ammon. Carvings of the Pharaoh can be seen on the walls of the temple with lines of pillars stretching into the distance. Several Egyptian`s can be seen around the ruins of the temple. Parts of the temple can be seen around the walls of the temple. laying torn and discarded into the dust. In the background can be seen the entrance to the most sacred part of the temple. The engraving is surrounded by a border drawn in the middle-eastern style colored in gold. This engraving is 12 1/2" x 10" with the picture being 5 1/2" x 4". The print is in

Very Good + condition

Delightful fine quality steel engraving showing the town of Jericho. circa 1875.

This engraving shows the ruins of Jericho. A tower can be seen to the left of the engraving while to the right of the engraving is a collection of tents and other temporary buildings. Within this shantytown are several Bedouin`s tribesman. In the background of the engraving is another town on the slopes of the hill. According to the Bible Jericho was one of the first towns captured by the Israelites after entering the Promised Land. They circled the town once a day for six days and on the seventh day for seven times. They the priests blew trumpets. the army shouted and the walls of the city collapsed. This enabled the Israelites to storm the city and burn it to the ground. The engraving is surrounded by a border colored in gold and drawn in the middle-eastern style. This engraving is 12 1/2" x 10" with the picture being 5 1/2" x 4".

Very Good + condition