• Louis De Clercq (photographer)

Album of views of Jerusalem and photographs of renderings showing the Stations of the Cross, Ottoman Empire (now in Israel)

published 1859-1860

- Album PH1980:0048.04:001-016 comprises one view of the Ecco-Hommo Arch in Jerusalem where Pontius Pilate presented Jesus to the people; one view of the First Station of the Cross within the Turkish barracks and a second view of the entrance to the barracks where pilgrims pray; one view each of the Second through the Ninth Stations of the Cross; and five photographs of renderings of the Tenth through the Fourteenth Stations of the Cross.

Albumen silver prints from paper negatives

album (closed): 46 x 61,5 x 3,3 cm comps. (range): 24,4 to 28,4 x 19,1 to 21,9 cm pages (range): 58,8 to 59,4 x 45,6 to 46 cm

PH1980:0048.04:001-016

• renderings

• perspective drawings

• exterior views
• interior views

- Contemporary binding consists of a red leather spine, full red leather boards covered with cloth, gilt trim and lettering, and moiré endpapers. Album has full title page. Albums PH1980:0048.03:001-028 and PH1980:0048.04:001-016 of "L. de Clercq / Voyage / en Orient" are bound together. Pages PH1980:0048.03:002 - PH1980:0048.03:008, PH1980:0048.03:012, PH1980:0048.03:018 and PH1980:0048.04:001 - PH1980:0048.04:010 are unbound.

stamped and numbered - in gold, on the cover, c.: with title and "3 -" inscribed and signed - by the photographer, in black ink, on the front end paper, u.r.: "A Maman Sophie. / Respecteux hommage de l'auteur. / Louis de Clercq" imprinted and dated - in black ink, on title page, u.c. to l.c.: "VOYAGE EN ORIENT / Les Stations de la Voie Douloureuse / A / JÉRUSALEM / Recueil photographique exécuté par / LOUIS DE CLERCQ / 1859 1860 / QUATRIÈME ALBUM / J.Blondeau [sic] et Antonin Script - Lith.H.Jannin,Paris [sic]"

Jerusalem; Israel;

• architecture
• military

• courtyard
• entrance
• stairs
• door
• house
• gate
• walls
• altars
• columns (architectural elements)
• crosses (visual works)
• churches
• arches
• sepulchral monument
• barracks
• hammam

Contains:

• PH1980:0048.04:001, View of the Ecco-Homo Arch where Pontius Pilate presented Jesus to the people, Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (now in Israel), 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.04:002, View of the entrance to the Turkish barracks where pilgrims pray to the First Station of the Cross, Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (now in Israel), 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.04:003, View of the First Station of the Cross, the courtyard in the Turkish barracks where Jesus was judged and sentenced to death, Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (now in Israel), 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.04:004, View of the Second Station of the Cross, a wall of the Turkish barracks where Jesus was given the cross, Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (now in Israel), 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.04:005, View of the Third Station of the Cross where Jesus fell for the first time, Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (now in Israel), 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.04:006, View of the Fourth Station of the Cross where Jesus met the Virgin Mary, Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (now in Israel), 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.04:007, View of the Fifth Station of the Cross where Simon helped Jesus, with the evil rich man's house in the background, Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (now in Israel), 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.04:008, View of the Sixth Station of the Cross where Saint Veronica wiped Jesus' bleeding face, Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (now in Israel), 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.04:009, View of the Seventh Station of the Cross where Jesus fell for the second time, with the Gate of Judgement in the background, Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (now in Israel), 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.04:010, View of the Eighth Station of the Cross where Jesus consoled the Daughters of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (now in Israel), 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.04:011, View of the Ninth Station of the Cross where Jesus fell for the third time, Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (now in Israel), 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.04:012, Photograph of a rendering of the Tenth Station of the Cross showing an altar with a mosaic in the foreground which represents the place where Jesus was deprived of his clothes, Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (now in Israel), 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.04:013, Photograph of a rendering of the Eleventh Station of the Cross showing the altar which represents the place where Jesus was nailed to the cross, Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (now in Israel), 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.04:014, Photograph of a rendering of the Twelfth Station of the Cross showing the altar which was constructed on the place where Jesus died, Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (now in Israel), 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.04:015, Photograph of a rendering of the Thirteenth Station of the Cross showing the altar constructed on the rock where the Virgin Mary stayed during the crucifixion and represents where Jesus was laid in her arms, Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (now in Israel), 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.04:016, Photograph of a rendering of the Fourteenth Station of the Cross showing the the monument of the Holy Sepulchre which represents the burial of Jesus' body, Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (now in Israel), 1859-1860