Palestine—Louis Vignes | Panorama of Tiberias and Sea of Galilee, c.1860

Palestine—Louis Vignes

Panorama of Tiberias and Sea of Galilee, c.1860

3-part albumen print panorama (192 x 769mm.), joined in four sections, mounted, framed and glazed, minor fading at joints

View of the Sea of Galilee (Kinneret), most likely from the south-western shore, with the outskirts of old Tiberias in the foreground. The panorama overall with a good tonal range.

Louis Vignes (1831-1896) was a distinguished French naval officer who took photographs in Morocco, Sicily, Lebanon and Palestine between 1859 and 1864.