Contributing Institution: College of Charleston Libraries / Media Type: Images / Subject (Topic): Jews--Social life and customs - Lowcountry Digital Library Catalog Search Search Results

Description:: Black-and-white engraving depicting a Jewish circumcision. Engraving by Gérard Jean-Baptiste Scotin after Hubert-François Gravelot. From The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World : together with historical annotations and several curious discourses... Written originally in French, and illustrated with a large number of folio copper plates designed by Mr. Bernard Picart, and curiously engraved by most of the best hands in Europe..., Volume 1, published London: William Jackson and Claude Dubosc, 1733-1739.

Description:: Black-and-white wood engraving depicting the ceremony of Havdalah. Original illustration from the article "The Jews in New York--II" by Richard Wheatley, published in the February 1892 edition of The Century Magazine.

Description:: Hand-colored engraving depicting the celebration of Simchat Torah by the Portuguese Jews of Amsterdam. Engraving after Bernard Picart.

Description:: Black-and-white engravings depicting the priestly blessing at the Portuguese Synagogue in the Hague. Engraving after Bernard Picart.

Description:: Black-and-white engravings depicting Sukkot at the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, above, and Portuguese Jews in a sukkah during Sukkot, below. Engraving after Bernard Picart.