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Principal Source of the Jordan, Flowing From a Cave Near Banias, Near the Site of the Northern City of Dan, the Frontier Town of Israel by Francis Frith

Principal Source of the Jordan, Flowing From a Cave Near Banias, Near the Site of the Northern City of Dan, the Frontier Town of Israel

Francis Frith · 1855

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Artist
Francis Frith
Date
1855
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Collection
Photographs
Credit line
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1973
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