Hezekiah's Pool, from the south side. The swallows flying towards the turbid water, the man dipping his jar into it from a balcony, and the smokers in the foreground are all characteristic of the spot at the end of the summer, when good water is scarce
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Title
Hezekiah's Pool, from the south side. The swallows flying towards the turbid water, the man dipping his jar into it from a balcony, and the smokers in the foreground are all characteristic of the spot at the end of the summer, when good water is scarce
Collection
Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt
Names
Fenn, Harry (1838-1911) (Artist)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1881 - 1884
Place: New York
Publisher: D. Appleton
Library Location
Dorot Jewish Division
Shelf locator: *PWC+ (Wilson, C. W. Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt. 1881)
Subjects
Jerusalem
Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem)
Smoking -- Jerusalem
Reservoirs -- Jerusalem
Genres
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 24 x 16.5 cm.
Languages
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG794840631-B
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b10607452
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8c86b650-c5f2-012f-f886-58d385a7bc34
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Date Issued
1881
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Dorot Jewish Division, The New York Public Library. "Hezekiah's Pool, from the south side. The swallows flying towards the turbid water, the man dipping his jar into it from a balcony, and the smokers in the foreground are all characteristic of the spot at the end of the summer, when good water is scarce" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1881 - 1884. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8c86b650-c5f2-012f-f886-58d385a7bc34
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Dorot Jewish Division, The New York Public Library. (1881 - 1884). Hezekiah's Pool, from the south side. The swallows flying towards the turbid water, the man dipping his jar into it from a balcony, and the smokers in the foreground are all characteristic of the spot at the end of the summer, when good water is scarce Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8c86b650-c5f2-012f-f886-58d385a7bc34
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Dorot Jewish Division, The New York Public Library. "Hezekiah's Pool, from the south side. The swallows flying towards the turbid water, the man dipping his jar into it from a balcony, and the smokers in the foreground are all characteristic of the spot at the end of the summer, when good water is scarce" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8c86b650-c5f2-012f-f886-58d385a7bc34
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