M0001817: Photograph of a procession of Catholic brotherhoods (cofradía) during the annual annual tribute of the Passion of Jesus Christ called Holy Week (Semana Santa) in Seville, Andalucia during Easter

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Religious festival, Seville, Easter. (Semana Santa).

Black and white reproduction of a photograph of a Catholic brotherhood (cofradía) during the annual tribute of the Passion of Jesus Christ called Holy Week (Semana Santa) in the streets of Seville, Andalucia during Easter. The procession are wearing distinctive white cloaks and hoods, or pointed conical hats (capirotes), and there is a large elaborate crucifix in the background. The image is reproduced from an unknown publication.

31 March 1931

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

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