Jerusalem, from below the Mount of Olives Accession Number: ART02699

Description

A landscape with a walled city with mosques in the background. A light horsemen sits under a tree in the left foreground and his horse waits beside him. There are low trees in the middle distance. The British entered Jerusalem on 9 December 1917. As they surrounded the city the last conflict with the retreating Turks was on the Mount of Olives walls.

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Accession Number
ART02699
Classification
Art
Object Type
Painting
Physical Description
Medium: oil with pencil on wood panel
Measurement
framed: 29.4 x 36.8 cm
unframed: 22.5 cm x 30.5 cm
Medium
oil with pencil on wood panel
Date Made
1918
Place Made
Gallery location
Main Bld: First World War Gallery, Sinai Palestine 1917
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired under official war art scheme 1918
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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