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Unidentified artist
Entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
1881
Book illustration
Google Books
LL/52498
Colonel [Charles William] Wilson (ed.), 1881, Picturesque Palestine, Sinai, and Egypt, (New York: D. Appleton and Company), vol. 1, part 1, p. 16
On the right-hand side of the street a narrow passage and flight of steps lead down to the courtyard in front of the entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (see page 16). The open court is the favourite resort of pedlars from Bethlehem, who expose their wares for sale on the pavement, and drive a thriving trade in rosaries, mother-of-pearl ornaments, olive-wood trinkets, and other small articles, which the pilgrims purchase as mementoes of their visit to the Holy City. (p. 14)
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