Damascus Gate, Jerusalem (208. Atlit. Syrie Chapelle. [sic])

Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey

1844 · Daguerreotype · Photographs

The Damascus Gate, built in the 1530s by the Ottoman sultan Süleyman the Great, is one of the principal entrances to the old city of Jerusalem. Girault’s close-up view focuses on the crenellated lookout chamber above the gate, which was badly damaged in 1967 during the Six-Day War. It was rebuilt and restored, complete with its arrow slit, in 2011.

Artist

Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey

Date

1844

Medium

Daguerreotype

Department

Photographs

Credit line

Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Moran Gift, in memory of Louise Chisholm Moran, Joyce F. Menschel Gift, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 2016 Benefit Fund, and Gift of Dr. Mortimer D. Sackler, Theresa Sackler and Family, 2016 (2016.610)