Bethlehem: a monk praying in the chapel of the Nativity. Chromolithograph by H. Clerget and J. Gaildrau after F.E. Pâris, 1862.

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

1 print : chromolithograph ; image 22.5 x 29.8 cm + title sheet and descriptive text.

Grotte de la Nativité ; 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 38053i