Caesarea Philippi (Banias) - Hand-Colored Engraving after H. Fenn - 1881
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Original 1881 engraving, hand-colored, with the ruins of Caesarea Philippi (Banias), at the foot of Mount Hermon, and Nimrod Fortress crowning the hill. Drawing by Harry Fenn, engraved by C. Bertrand, according to the lettering below.
Original 1881 engraving, hand-colored, with the ruins of Caesarea Philippi (Banias), at the foot of Mount Hermon, and Nimrod Fortress crowning the hill. Drawing by Harry Fenn, engraved by C. Bertrand, according to the lettering below.
It comes from Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt, the great illustrated work on the Holy Land published in London about 1881. Caesarea Philippi was rebuilt by Philip the Tetrarch, son of Herod the Great, and the Gospels cite it as the place of Peter's confession.
Medium: Hand-colored copper engraving.
Artist / after: Harry Fenn (1838-1911).
Engraver: C. Bertrand.
Date: 1881.
Source: Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt.
Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.3 in (25 x 18.5 cm).
Condition: Good condition; light damp stains in the upper part. Mounted in a mat.
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Original 1881 engraving, hand-colored, with the ruins of Caesarea Philippi (Banias), at the foot of Mount Hermon, and Nimrod Fortress crowning the hill. Drawing by Harry Fenn, engraved by C. Bertrand, according to the lettering below.