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Vintage albumen print photograph by Bonfils
Hinnom Valley, Jerusalem
It is a narrow and deep valley located south of Jerusalem, corresponding to the Wadi er-Rababi. It passes west of the present Old City then south of Mount Zion and opens into the Kidron Valley.
Felix Bonfils was a French photographer (1831 - 1885). He learned photography from Niepce de Saint-Victor, nephew of Nicéphore Niepce.
He opened his photographic studio in 1867 in Beirut, Lebanon, where he specialized in the architecture and landscapes of Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Greece.
Felix BONFILS (1831-1885) Hinnom Valley c.1870
Vintage albumen print photograph signed Bonfils
Hinnom Valley, Jerusalem
It is a narrow and deep valley located south of Jerusalem, corresponding to the Wadi er-Rababi. It passes west of the present Old City then south of Mount Zion and opens into the Kidron Valley.
The Valley of Hinnom is mentioned 11 times in the Bible.
Felix Bonfils was a French photographer (1831 - 1885). He learned photography from Niepce de Saint-Victor, nephew of Nicéphore Niepce.
He opened his photographic studio in 1867 in Beirut, Lebanon, where he specialized in the architecture and landscapes of Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Greece.