Beit Collection

Lebanon - Mount Leban (Beit-Merri)
A view of hillside settlement housing at Beit-Meri, Mount Leban, Lebanon

Shepherds Fields, Bethlehem, Palestine
Shepherds Fields (Beit Sahour), Bethlehem, Palestine. Date: circa 1910

Palace of Wonders, Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Palace of Wonders (or House of Wonders, Beit-al-Ajaib), Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanganyika, British East Africa (now Tanzania). It was built in 1883 for the second sultan. Date: late 1920s

Rhodes and Beit
CECIL RHODES and Alfred Beit, photographed soon after they were described in Parliament as members of a common gang of thieves and swindlers

Aldford House, Park Lane, Staircase Skylight
A photograph which shows the top of the staircase and skylight of Aldford House, a grand mansion in Park Lane, built between 1894-1897 for diamond magnate Alfred Beit

Aldford House, Park Lane, Entrance Gate
An architectural drawing which shows a detailed design of an entrance gate for Aldford House, a grand mansion in Park Lane, built between 1894-1897 for diamond magnate Alfred Beit. Date: early 1900s

Tomb of Rachel and view of Beit Jala, West Bank, near Bethlehem. Date: 1920s

Ruined fortress at Beth Zur, Judea
Ruined fortress at Beth Zur (Beit Tzur, Bethsura), Judea, mentioned in the Bible (Old Testament), site of the Battle of Beth Zur in 164 BC, during the Maccabean wars. Date: 1920s

Beit Mery, Mount Lebanon
Beit Mery - Mount Lebanon Governate, Lebanon. Overlooking the capital Beirut, the town was a summer mountain resort of the Phoenicians and later the Romans. Date: circa 1940

Mosaic. Beit Guvrin. Byzantine period, 4th century CE. Bull. Rockefeller Archaeological Museum. Jerusalem. Israel

Stele of Seti I from Beth Shean, 1289-1278 BC, basalt. Rocke
Stele of Seti I from Beth Shean, 1289-1278 BC, basalt. Commemorates the military expedition to Canaan to end the revolt.Rockefeller Museum

Syria. Hama. Azem Palace. Exterior
Syria. Hama. Azem Palace, former residence of the Ottoman governors. 18th century. Current City Museum. Exterior

Syria. Damascus. Tile decoration on the outside of Beit Nassan Palace

Cecil Beatons bedroom, his guests and his fantails
The top photograph shows Cecil Beaton at home with guests at Ashcombe House; from l-r: Miss Tilly Losch, Mrs Harcourt Smith, Sir Alfred Beit, Lady Charles Cavendish, Miss Tallulah Bankhead

General view of Beisan, Holy Land
General view of Beisan (Beit She an, Beesan, Bisan), Holy Land, at the junction of the Jordan River Valley and the Jezreel Valley. Date: 1920s

Alfred Beit (1853-1906)
Photographic portrait of Alfred Beit, the British South African financier, pictured with his pet dog c.1906

Alfred Beit
ALFRED BEIT German-born financier in South Africa, a friend of Rhodes : he bestowed much of his vast fortune in philanthropic gifts

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping