Israel, Galilee YARDENIT BAPTISMAL SITE RIVER JORDAN ~ 1847 Art Print Engraving for Sale

Israel, Galilee YARDENIT BAPTISMAL SITE RIVER JORDAN ~ 1847 Art Print Engraving For Sale

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Israel, Galilee YARDENIT BAPTISMAL SITE RIVER JORDAN ~ 1847 Art Print Engraving:
$12.79

GREEK BATHING PLACE, RIVER JORDAN

Artist: W. H. Bartlett ____________ Engraver: C. Cousen

PRINT DATE: This engraving was printed in 1847; it is not a modern reproduction in any way.

PRINT SIZE: Overall print size is 7 1/2 x 10 inches, image size is 4 3/4 by 7 1/8 inches.

PRINT CONDITION: Condition is excellent. Bright and clean. Blank on reverse. Paper is quality woven rag stock paper.

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The road from Jericho to the banks of the Jordan, is described as presentingmany lovely scenes of fertility. Corn-fields, and flowery thickets, still afford proofsof what the land was, when it first displayed its glory to the people whose it was bydivine inheritance and covenant. The song of birds, the cheerful note of the lark,the pathetic warbling of the nightingale, the murmurs of the winds and waters,mingling together in exquisite harmony, serve to give an inexpressible charm to thethoughts of the pilgrim as he pursues his solitary way. At the distance of aboutan hour and a half from Jericho, the banks of the Jordan are seen covered withthick bushes and trees, the water here and there sparkling between them, andawakening a multitude of solemn associations in the mind of the traveller. He beholds, in imagination, the hosts of the Lord passing over the bed of the streamto take triumphant possession of their land. As this magnificent pageant passesaway, his eye seems to rest upon the form of Elijah, at that solemn moment when?Conversing with his servant Elisha, \" he took his mantle, and wrapped it together,and smote the waters ;\" and when as they still went on, \"there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder: and Elijah went up by awhirlwind into heaven;\" and then upon the enraptured - Elisha, gazing after thewondrous and glorious vision, and exclaiming, \"My father, my father! the chariotof Israel, and the horsemen thereof.\" Nor will even this magnificent pageant inthe progress of heavenly dispensations, satisfy the memory. It feels that something still sublimer is to come ; and there, accordingly, the eye of faith rests onthe form of the Redeemer, submitting to the baptism of John, while the visiblepower of truth und divine love, and the voice of the Eternal Father, proclaim hisglory.Pilgrims in all ages, and from all nations, have flocked devoutly to the banks ofthe Jordan, and have experienced a holy delight in contemplating the scenes amidwhich the Saviour was first manifested to his people. The road from this part ofthe river to the Dead Sea is wild and rugged. Lovely as is the spot knownas the bathing-place of the pilgrims, the path immediately beyond it is utterly voidof interest. The river itself, which, at the point described, is about thirty pacesbroad, and adorned with sylvan beauty, soon narrows to ten paces, and becomes ashallow, muddy stream, running between banks of barren sand, and presenting nota single feature of its earlier grandeur. Mr. Stephens says, that he followed itscourse as nearly as the cracks and gullies of the road would allow ; that for the lasttwo or three miles it runs between perpendicular banks of sand, from five to tenfeet high ; and that then its waters become corrupted by the pestiferous influence ofthe bituminous lake, in which it soon after is lost.

AN EXTREMELY RARE VIEW OF 1800s MIDDLE EASTERN LANDSCAPE! VERY HARD TO FIND!