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Image Not Available for Beyound the municipality - beyond the hill - lies a convent. Only a few old nuns live here.
Beyound the municipality - beyond the hill - lies a convent. Only a few old nuns live here.
Image Not Available for Beyound the municipality - beyond the hill - lies a convent. Only a few old nuns live here.

Beyound the municipality - beyond the hill - lies a convent. Only a few old nuns live here.

Creator Presse-Photo
Date1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 17.9 x 23.5 cm (7 1/16 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Category
    Object number2002/8310
    LocationNot currently on display

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