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Panorama of Jerusalem facing Mount of Olives

This is a view of Jerusalem from the roof of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, looking eastwards towards the site of Christ’s ascension on the Mount of Olives. The building in the middle distance is the Dome of the Rock, an Islamic shrine that contains one of the city’s most important sacred sites for Muslims.

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Object type: Prints and Drawings
Date: Production: 1897
Artist: Tristram Ellis (1844 - 1922)
Subject(s): Pilgrimage
Religion and Devotion
Dimensions: Height x width x depth (framed size): 415 x 705 x 30mm
Materials and technique: Watercolour and pencil on board
Production place: Jerusalem
Related place(s): Jerusalem
Exhibition history: Holy City, Holy War: Devotion to the Sacred in Crusader Jerusalem, Museum of the Order of St John, 2 September 2017-22 December 2017
Catalogue number: 1059