FRANCIS BEDFORD (1815-94)
Garden of Gethsemane [Jerusalem]
2 Apr 1862RCIN 2700924
The Mount of Olives rises to the east of
Jerusalem. The walled enclosure to the right contains the site identified as the Garden of Gethsem ane. After the Last Supper, Jesus went to the garden where he prayed, accompanied by St Peter, St John and St James the Greater. Jesus was subsequently betrayed by Judas in the garden and arrested. The Garden of Gethsemane has always been identified as an olive grove. Here the carefully tended, centuries-old olive trees are easily identified.
Acquired by the Prince of Wales, 1862