Name of Object:

The Chapel at Bethlehem

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Holding Institution:

The British Library

Date of Object:

1899

Description:

This drawing shows the chapel as it appeared in 1899. It was a typical destination for Christian pilgrims travelling from Europe and Russia. Christian pilgrimage was often seen as a starting point to describe "exotic" places and the "Eastern" culture. Some Christian pilgrims described in their writings historical and cultural details and curiosities and their impressions of 19th century Palestinian society, the increasing number of pilgrims – especially Russian and Jews – and the institutions such as the Russian consulate, English and German churches and Latin monks that accommodated the Christian pilgrims.

Type of Object

Drawing

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

Johnstone, Catherine Laura, Christian and Jewish Pilgrims to the Holy Land, London, 1899

Citation of this web page:

Maria Francesca Carvelli (MWNF) "The Chapel at Bethlehem" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;uk;118;en

Prepared by: Maria Francesca Carvelli (MWNF)

MWNF Working Number: UK 118