Description
First view across the Mediterranean Sea of the port of Jaffa in Ahuzat Bayit, Israel. A sailing ship is in the foreground of the photograph with its sails down and a row boat with three men standing in the boat as it is tied up to the ship. The man standing in the back is holding the oars. A man is bent over on the ship by the rope attached to the row boat. The city of Ahuzat Bayit fills the background of the photograph from the waterside and continuing up the hill to the skyline. Printed below the photograph, "1. Vue générale de Jaffa par la mer. — First view of Jaffa. Damiani. Jérusalem."