Collection of Photographs by Ya'akov Ben-Dov – Palestine, Early 20th Century – Photographs of the Holy Cities ...

Collection of Photographs by Ya'akov Ben-Dov – Palestine, Early 20th Century – Photographs of the Holy Cities, Young Colonies, "Bezalel" School and more
Thirty-four photographs by the photographer Ya'akov Ben-Dov (Jacob Bendov), founder of the Bezalel photography department. Jerusalem, Tiberias, Safed, Hebron, Migdal and other locations, [ca. 1900s-1910s].
The photographs portray, among others: Boris Schatz with a class of students during a trip to the Jerusalem mountains; Ya'akov Eisenberg, Zohara Schatz and two students painting tiles in the Bezalel ceramics workshop (In the background appears a ceramic tile picture after an illustration by Ze'ev Raban for the Song of Songs); Jews praying at the Western Wall on the holiday of Succoth, one of them performing "Netilat Lulav"; Tomb of Absalom, Tomb of Zechariah and Tomb of Benei Hezir near Jerusalem; Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock; Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron; Grave of Rambam in Tiberias; main street in Rishon LeZion; Migdal (seven photographs, including two photographs of the founder of Migdal Moshe Glikin and a photo-montage – Lord Melchett stands, seemingly, on the roadside); Ze'ev Jabotinsky surrounded by guards in Acre prison; and more.
Two photographs are signed in the plate: "Y. Ben-Dov, Bezalel, Jerusalem" and three are titled. 10 photographs are stamped on verso with the photographer's stamp.
Approx. 10X14 cm – 21.5X16.5 cm. Condition varies. Good overall condition. Stains and blemishes (mostly slight). A small number of photographs have tears reinforced with adhesive tape on the back. Two photographs have open tears at corners. A piece is cut out from the bottom of one photograph. Handwritten notes on the back of a number of photographs.
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.