The Holy Land - 114 Vintage Photogravures, Jerusalem, Jamal Bros, 1921 + 2 Photogravures by Shlomo Narinsky 1885-1960

Date Created
1910-1921

Details
114 photogravures issued in a limited edition by Jamal bros. Including pictures of Elieser Ben Jehuda, Baron Edmond de Rotschild, Ahron and Sara Ahronson (Missing numbers 82, 106, 108 and 111). Also, 2 additional photogravures of no. 3 – Tower of David and no. 13 – Street in Tel Aviv - each placed in a folded cardboard frame. 

Condition
Good

Biography
Shlomo Narinsky (1885-1960) an artist-photographer, an illustrator and a painter, came to Israel on the second Aliyah wave, and was among the social circle of David Ben-Gurion and Yitzhak Ben-Zvi. On the early 20th century, he photographed landscapes and people from the early days in Israel. His wife, Sonia Narinsky, was his Studio's partner and was a photographer herself.