Sheet music cover for Progress March by P. Martens, with a lithograph by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. of the exterior of the Plum Street Temple, now the Isaac M. Wise Temple, home of K.K. B'nai Yeshurun. Published Cincinnati : J.J. Dobmeyer.
Hand-colored lithographed portrait of actress Suzanne Reichenberg in costume as the title character in Henri Meilhac's comedy Margot. From Costumes of the Modern Stage, Part 5, published London: John C. Nimmo.
Black-and-white engraving of French military commander André Masséna, said to be of Jewish origin. Engraving by Franz Gabriel Fiesinger after a painting by Féréol Bonnemaison.
Color lithograph of the exterior of the Gothenburg Synagogue in Göteborg. Lithograph by Carl Gustaf Berger. From Göteborg med dess omgifningar framställdt i taflor (Gothenburg and its environs in pictures), published Göteborg: Förlag af Meyer & Köster Lithografisk Atelier.
Black-and-white lithograph, entitled "pell-mell," with three scenes: bucking broncos, a man in a carriage driving a sickly horse with a whip, and dignified military carriage with multiple soldiers. A Jewish man, at left, observes the scenes. Lithograph by Anton Zampis. Published Vienna: L. T. Neumann.
Black-and-white engraved portrait of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. Engraving by Friedrich Wilhelm Bollinger after a painting by Johann Christoph Frisch. From Bildnisse der berühmtesten Menschen aller Völker und Zeiten, published Zwickau: Gebr. Schumann.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction with a portrait of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. From A sketch of the history of Judaism and Christianity in the light of modern research and criticism by George Thomas Bettany.
Black-and-white steel engraved portrait of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. From Neues Conversations-Lexikon für alle Stände, Volume 11, by Hermann Julius Meyer.
Black-and-white lithographed portrait of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. Lithograph printed Leipzig: M. Prescher. Published Leipzig: Verlag v. J. K. Buchner.
Black-and-white stipple engraved portrait of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. Engraving by Jean-Joseph-François Tassaert after a sculpture by Jean-Pierre-Antoine Tassaert.
Black-and-white engraving of tefillin (phylacteries), left and center, and a mezuzah, right. From Calmet's great dictionary of the Holy Bible : historical, critical, geographical, and etymological… by Augustin Calmet, published London: Printed for Charles Taylor.
Print reproduction of William Blake Richmond's painting The Song of Miriam. From The life and work of Sir William B. Richmond, R.A.K.C.B. by Helen Lascelles, published London: The Art Journal Office.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting the miter of a Jewish high priest. From A dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, natural history and literature... by William Smith, published Philadelphia: Porter and Coates.
Hand-colored etched satirical portrait of financier and philanthropist Sir Moses Montefiore. Drawn, etched, and published by Richard Dighton, June 1818. Reissue published by Thomas McLearn, 26 Haymarket, 1824.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting Moses and the Ten Commandments. Published in the June 1880 edition of Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine.
Engraving and text from Darstellungen menschlicher Narrheiten (Representations of human follies). In German, the text reads : "Der Juden ihr Betrug und List. / Beӱ weiten nicht zulänglich ist, / Partiten so ich mit Manier. / Kan spielen hurtig dort und hier. / Ja, ja, die Mauschel lassen dir, / Das Præ du sehr verschmiktes Thier." In English the text reads : "The Jews' betrayals and tricks. / Far and wide it is inadequate, / To make false coins in such a manner. / I can play daily here and there. / Yes, yes, the Mauschel let you. / That's the priority you bejeweled animal." This engraving is part of a series satirizing the foolish schemes people believed during the economic crisis in the early 17th century.
Black-and-white lithograph of the exterior of the Gothenburg Synagogue in Göteborg. From Göteborg (med dess omgifning) framstäldt i taflor, published Göteborg: C. Petersens Lith. Inr.
Black-and-white lithographed portrait of cantor and composer Salomon Sulzer. Drawn and lithographed by David Moses (1879-1902), called Mosé. Printed by Joh. Haupt, Vienna.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting searching for leaven on the eve of Passover. From the article "Passover observances" published in the September 1, 1870, edition of The Sunday Magazine.
Caricature by Frederick Burr Opper published in the August 12, 1884, edition of Puck. The caption reads : "When 'honest men' fall out, thieves have to suffer."
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the Old New Synagogue in Prague. Published in the December 1881 edition of Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly.
Black-and-white engraving of a Torah scroll and its ornaments. 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.
Hand-colored engraved map of Palestine. From Colton's atlas of the world : illustrating physical and political geography, Volume 2, by George Woolworth Colton, published New York: J.H. Colton and Company.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the synagogue in Karlsbad (Karlovy Vary). Published in the Europäische Wanderbilder, Karlsbad, Volumes 186-188.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting a Passover seder. Original illustration by Irving R. Wiles. From the article "The Jews in New York" by Richard Wheatley, published in the January 1892 edition of The Century Magazine.
Black-and-white wood engraving depicting a Passover seder. Original illustration by Irving R. Wiles from the article "The Jews in New York" by Richard Wheatley, published in the January 1892 edition of The Century Magazine.
Black-and-white engravings depicting the Passover custom of the mother placing bits of unleavened bread for the father and children to discover and dispose of, above, and a Passover seder of Portuguese Jews in Amsterdam, below. Engraving after Bernard Picart.
Color lithographic print of Arthur Szyk's painting Passover. From Arthur Szyk : Six paintings of Jewish holidays, published New York : Arthur Rothmann Fine Arts.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the Dohány Street Synagogue in Budapest. From History of the modern styles of architecture by James Fergusson.
Color lithograph depicting people of Poland, including a Jewish man, woman, and child in the upper panel. From Le costume historique by Auguste Racinet, published Paris: Firmin-Didot et cie.
Color lithograph depicting people of Poland, including a Jewish man, woman, and child in the upper panel. From Le costume historique by Auguste Racinet, published Paris: Firmin-Didot et cie.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of a Polish schnorrer (beggar) in Leipzig. After a drawing by Gustav Sundblad. Published in Die Gartenlaube, Heft 28, 1875.
Print reproduction of a pen and ink drawing of the exterior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. Original drawing by Ludwig Willem Reymer Wenckebach.
Black-and-white print of the exterior of the synagogue in Posen (Poznań). Frontispiece from Jüdisches aus der deutsch-polnischen Übergangszeit : Posen 1918-1920 by Max Kollenscher.
Color print reproduction of the painting Two Rabbis Praying by Stanislaus Bender. From A collection of paintings by Stan. Bender, published Frankfurt am Main: J. Kauffmann.
Black-and-white steel engraving depicting priestly a Jewish priest in his vestments. Engraving after a drawing by Vernier. From Palestine : description géographique, historique, et archéologique by Salomon Munk, published Paris: Firmin Didot frères.
Caricature published in Judge. The text reads : --Mr. Hayrick (from Pine Corners): "But mister, this suit is too big fer me." --Mr. Cohen: "Listen, mine frendt. People vill t'ink you vun dot suit on a bet, und dot vill swell you up mit pride so much dot you vill fill out der suit fine."
Black-and-white wood engraving depicting Simchat Torah at the Park East Synagogue in New York. Original illustration by Irving R. Wiles. From the article "The Jews in New York" by Richard Wheatley, published in the January 1892 edition of The Century Magazine.
Color lithographic print of Arthur Szyk's painting Purim. From Arthur Szyk : Six paintings of Jewish holidays, published New York : Arthur Rothmann Fine Arts.
Print reproduction of the oil painting The Praying Jew (The Rabbi of Vitebsk) by Marc Chagall. The original painting is held in the Joseph Winterbotham Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Color print reproduction of a painting by Stanislaus Bender. From A collection of paintings by Stan. Bender, published Frankfurt am Main: J. Kauffmann.
Black-and-white engraved portrait of actress Rachel Félix, known as Mademoiselle Rachel. Engraving by Louis Pierre Henriquel-Dupont after a drawing by Henri Lehmann. Published by L'Artiste.
Black-and-white photograph of a Jewish man from North Africa. The caption on the back of the photograph reads: "There are many Orthodox Jews in North Africa, descendants of ancestors who have probably lived there since Emperor Hadrian banished the Jews from Rome."
Caricature published in the Düsseldorfer Monathefte, Band 8, No. 25. In German, the text reads : --"Ach so Männecken! Gut dass ick Ihnen treffe! Sie sind ja der famose Kleider-händler aus die Bolkerstrasse! Ick wollte grade zu Ihnen mir uff den Sommer ee-nen neuen Pariser Paletôt koofen! Da ick Ihnen nu treffe können Sie mich gleich den Ihrigten überlassen!!" In English, the text reads : --"Oh, mate! Good that I'm running into you! You're the famous clothing merchant from Bolker Street! I was just on my way to you, to buy myself a new Parisian overcoat for the summer! Now that I've run into, you can give me your own!!"
Black-and-white engraving depicting priestly vestments. From Philologus hebræo-mixtus by Johannes Leusden, published Basileæ, apud E. & J.R. Thurnisios, fratres.
Color print reproduction of the painting Rabbi Braiding the Fringe of a Tallit by Stanislaus Bender. From A collection of paintings by Stan. Bender, published Frankfurt am Main: J. Kauffmann.
Black-and-white wood engraving depicting the Jewish Quarter in Safed. Engraving after a drawing by Henry Fenn. From Picturesque Palestine, Sinai, and Egypt, Volume 2, edited by Charles William Wilson, published London: J. S. Virtue and Co., 1881-1884.
Black-and-white wood engraving depicting the Jewish Quarter in Safed. Engraving after a drawing by Henry Fenn. From La Terre Sainte : son histoire, ses souvenirs, ses sites, ses monuments by Victor Guérin, published Paris: E. Plon.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting soferim. From A dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, natural history and literature... by William Smith, published Philadelphia: Porter and Coates.
Caricature of a Jewish man, accompanied by a poem : "You horrid 'sheeney,' though you strut / About, and wear the best of clothes; / Your dirty soul looks thro' your eyes, / You cannot hide your fearful nose. / With stony heart you grind the poor, / On 'cash' your thoughts are all intent; / You're never satisfied, unless / You get at least your 'cent per cent.'"
Color lithographic print of Arthur Szyk's painting Simchat Torah. From Arthur Szyk : Six paintings of Jewish holidays, published New York : Arthur Rothmann Fine Arts.
Hand-colored engraving of the interior of a synagogue. Engraving by Giovanni Antonio Sasso. From Il costume antico e moderno, o, storia del governo, della milizia, della religione, delle arti, scienze ed usanze di tutti i popoli antichi e moderni, Asia, Volume 5, by Giulio Ferrario.
Black-and-white engraving of the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Engraving by Goupil & Cie after a painting by Jean Léon Gérôme. From The masterpieces of French art illustrated : being a biographical history of art in France, from the earliest period to and including the Salon of 1882, Volume 1, by Louis Viardot, published Philadelphia: Gebbie & Co.
Black-and-white photogravure of the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Photogravure by Goupil & Cie after a painting by Jean Léon Gérôme. From Gérôme, a collection of the works of J. L. Gérôme in one hundred photogravures, Volume 2, edited by Edward Strahan, published New York: Samuel L. Hall.
Sheet music for Zion Songs, including "ha-Tiḳṿah, und Dorṭ ṿu di tseder" = "Hatikvoh, und Dort wu die zeder," words and music by Naphtali Herz Imber, published New York: S. Schenker.
Caricature by Eugene Zimmerman published in Judge. The text reads : --Ikey Rosenbeak: "Oh, Papa, do buy me some ohf dose peaudiful Roman candles--de man says dere is tree golden balls in every one ohf dem!"
Color print reproduction of an illustration by Jaroslav Šetelík of the interior of the Old New Synagogue in Prague. From Praha by Jaroslav Šetelík, published Prague: Legiografie.