Dome of the Rock in the Mosque of Omar, Jerusalem. Chromolithograph by H. Clerget and J. Gaildrau after François Edmond Pâris, 1862.

[Paris] : Arthus Bertrand, [1862] (57 r[ue] de Seine, Paris : Lemercier)

1 print : chromolithograph ; image 48 x 35 cm + title page and descriptive text are also in the collection.

Mosquée d'Omar ; H. Clerget lith. Fig<ures>. par Gaildrau

Rear-admiral Pâris appears to have been attached to the French fleet in the Mediterranean in about 1860, and to have been among those given an opportunity of visiting Jerusalem. Briony LLewellyn, The Orient Observed, London 1989

Not found in: Jean Adhémar, Inventaire du fonds français après 1800, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome cinquième, Paris 1949, pp. 35-42 (inventory of prints by Hubert Clerget)

Wellcome Collection 38237i