Golgotha and the Crucifixion #1701 | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Golgotha and the Crucifixion #1701

Golgotha and the Crucifixion #1701 | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
Jesus is hanging on the cross, while a soldier wearing armor points at him. Other soldiers are present, some riding horses. A group of people on the right mourn the death of Christ. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Western Scenery."<p>This is the second photograph of this scene of the Cyclorama. Image ID: 81787 shows more of the left half of the Crucifixion.</p>
DESCRIPTION
Jesus is hanging on the cross, while a soldier wearing armor points at him. Other soldiers are present, some riding horses. A group of people on the right mourn the death of Christ. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Western Scenery."

This is the second photograph of this scene of the Cyclorama. Image ID: 81787 shows more of the left half of the Crucifixion.

RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:81792
Creation Date:circa 1893
Creator Name:Bennett, H. H. (Henry Hamilton), 1843-1908
City:Chicago
County:
State:Illinois
Collection Name:H.H. Bennett Studio collection, 1843-1998
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:photographic print, b&w
Original Format Number:PH 6062A AS 504.2 Stereo
Original Dimensions:7 x 4.25 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This photograph was taken in a series of 15 photographs of a Cyclorama of the Crucifixion. This Cyclorama exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago World's Fair)[?]. The text on the photograph refers to the exhibit as the "Chicago Panorama of the Crucifixion."

The Cyclorama is very similar in appearance to the "Jerusalem on the Day of the Crucifixion" by Bruno Piglhein.

SUBJECTS
Horses
Painting
Clothing and dress
Criminals
Ladders
Hills
Landscape
Cavalry
Military uniforms
Soldiers
Crowds
Men
Religion
Religious education

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