JERUSALEM - THE DOME OF THE ROCK, ONE OF THE MOST STARTLING PIECES OF ARCHITECTURE IN THE WORLD ...

Place Middle East: British Mandate of Palestine, Palestine, Jerusalem
Accession Number 004066
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Place made British Mandate of Palestine: Palestine, Jerusalem
Date made 14 November 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

JERUSALEM - THE DOME OF THE ROCK, ONE OF THE MOST STARTLING PIECES OF ARCHITECTURE IN THE WORLD AND A FAVOURITE SPOT FOR SIGHT SEEING DIGGERS ON LEAVE. THE MOSQUE STANDS ON SITE OF THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON AND ENTIRE OUTSIDE IS COVERED WITH TILES OF BLUE & BLUE GREEN SHADES - A NOVEL EFFECT. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).