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1925 Jerash GERASA TEMPLE RUINS Jordan Photogravure Archaeology Art Print

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•Title: Gerasa, Ruins Of A Temple. (plate #143, title in 5 languages; English, French, Italian, Spanish, German)
•Year: 1925
•Print size (inches):
9.2 x 12
•Image size (inches): 5.2 x 8.4
•Print size (cm): 23.5 x 30.6
•Image size (cm): 13.5 x 21.3

•Provenance: 
Picturesque Palestine Arabia And Syria
•Verso:  Photogravure
•Publisher:
  Brentano's Publishers: New York



Description
     

This high quality 90 year old photogravure plate comes from a collection of fine art photography by Karl Grober and others, published by Brentano's Publishing in 1925. Please note that there is a gravure on the reverse as well. Very good condition, ready for framing! Free USA shipping.

A photogravure, or "gravure", is a photographic image produced from a copper engraving plate. The process is rarely used today due to the high costs involved, but it produces prints which have the subtlety of a photograph and the art quality of a lithograph.

Jerash, the Gerasa of Antiquity (Ancient Greek: Γέρασα, Hebrew: גַ'רַש), is the capital and largest city of Jerash Governorate (محافظة جرش), which is situated in the north of Jordan, 48 kilometres (30 mi) north of the capital Amman towards Syria. Jerash Governorate's geographical features vary from cold mountains to fertile valleys from 250 to 300 metres (820 to 980 ft) above sea level, suitable for growing a wide variety of crops.

In the latter Ottoman period, the city of Jerash's name was abandoned and changed to Sakib, yet this was not a permanent development, as the name "Jerash" reappears in Ottoman tax registers by the end of 16th century.


 IC07 110