ROBERTSON, James, & Felice BEATO.
Garden of Gethsemane.
1857.
Albumen print, 9⅞ x 11⅜ inches (25.1 x 29 cm.); signed Robertson; titled in pencil on the reverse Garden Gethsemane (30 years ago). Ancient Olive Trees.
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