Contract for the purchase of a seat in the women's gallery of the Synagogue de Nazareth, located on the Rue Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth, in Paris. Seat paid for by Anselme Halphen.
Black-and-white stipple-engraved portrait of financier Nathan Mayer Rothschild. Engraving after a drawing by Charles Penny. London, published February 13, 1827, by Smith, Elder & Co.
Hand-colored etching of the exteriors of the New Synagogue and Great Synagogue in Amsterdam. Engraving by Willem Hendrik Hoogamer after a drawing by Cornelis de Kruyff. From Vues choisies d'Amsterdam et ses environs dessinées d'après nature par C. de Kuyf et autres artistes, published Amsterdam: chez Franois Buffa & Fils.
Black-and-white lithographed portrait of Lelio Cantoni, Chief Rabbi of the Jewish universities of Piedmont. Lithograph by D. Festa after a drawing by Petronilla.
Hand-colored etching depicting a sentimental contemplation of the moon. In German, the text reads : "Nicht weiss gesotten, nicht plettirt, / Und doch solch magnifiquer Schein! / Ach, mein Gemüth ist ganz gerührt / Er muss messiv von Silber seyn!" In English, the text reads : "Not blanched, not plated, / And yet such a magnifiscent gleam! Oh, my soul is deeply moved / It must be made of silver!"
Hand-colored etched caricature depicting a fantastical view of the sun. In German, the text reads : "Gotts Wunder, welcher Glanz und Schein / Das muss ep's rores von Vergilding seyn!" In English, the text reads : "God's wonders, which glimmer and shine / That must be something rare and gilt!"
Caricature of Jewish participation in the National Guard during the Revolutions of 1848. In German, the text reads : --"Wai! -- A Wai der Feind kümmt! -- A Wai! Se thün auch scheißsen!" In English, the text reads : --"Vey! -- Oy vey the enemy is coming! -- Oy, vey! They are shooting too!"
Hand-colored engraving depicting a Jewish man holding a mezuzah. Engraving by Bennardoni. 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, published Firenze: V. Batelli.
Black-and-white engraved portrait of historian Josephus (born Joseph ben Matityahu). Engraving by John B. Neagle. Frontispiece to The genuine works of Flavius Josephus, the Jewish historian : containing twenty books of the Jewish antiquities, seven books of the Jewish war, and the life of Josephus, written by himself... by the late William Whiston... Revised, and illustrated with notes, by the Rev. Samuel Burder..., published Boston: Printed and published by S. Walker, Newbury-Street.
Black-and-white lithograph of Jews from Algiers. Lithograph after a drawing by R. Jungmann. From Costumes, moeurs et usages des Algériens by R. Jungmann, published Strasbourg: J. Bernard.
Color lithograph of "Death to the Jew" from La danse des morts à Bâle de Holbein / Basler Todtentanz von Hans Holbein by Hieronymus Hess, published Basel: Hasler & Cie. In German, the text reads : --Der Tod zum Juden: "Hujum, Jud! mach dich auf die Fahrt; / Dein's Messiä hast zu lang g'wart: / Christum, welchen ihr habt ermördt, / War der recht, ihr habt lang geirrt." --Antwort des Juden: "Ein Rabbi war ich der Geschrift, / Zog aus der Bibel nur das Gift: / Gar wenig nach Messiam tracht, / Hatt' mehr auf Schätz und Wucher Acht." In English, the text reads : --Death to the Jew: "Up, Jew, and take the common gate, / In vain you for Messiah wait; / Christ, whom, you slew, was He indeed, / You've follow'd long a hopeless creed." The Jew's reply: "As Rabbi long the law I knew, / But poison from its pages drew; / Messiah had few charms for me, / My faith was Gold and Usury."
Black-and-white engraving of Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem. Engraving by William Finden after a drawing by J. M. W. Turner from a sketch by Archibald Edmonstone. From Landscape illustrations of the Bible, consisting of views of the most remarkable places mentioned in the Old and New Testaments, published London: John Murray.
Black-and-white steel engraving of the Tomb of Absalom in Jerusalem. From Meyer's Universum, oder Abbildung und Beschreibung des Sehenswerthesten und Merkwürdigsten der Natur und Kunst auf der ganzen Erde, published Hildburghausen: Bibliogr. Instit.
Black-and-white wood engraving of Jewish high priests in their vestments. From The works of Flavius Josephus, the learned and authentic Jewish historian and celebrated warrior, translated by William Whiston, published Baltimore: Armstrong & Berry.
Black-and-white lithograph of a Jewish celebration in Algeria. From Voyage pittoresque dans la Régence d’Alger by Émile-Aubert Lessore and William Wyld. Printed and published Paris: Charles Motte.
Black-and-white engraved portrait of merchant Henry Simons, who came to prominence as the result of a legal action for assault and robbery brought against him in 1753. From Portraits, memoirs, and characters of remarkable persons, from the Revolution in 1688 to the end of the reign of George II, Volume 3, by James Caulfield, published London: T. H. Whitely.
Hand-colored engraving of the Tombs of the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem. Engraving by Giuseppe Bramati. From Descrizione della Palestina, o, storia del vangelo by Giulio Ferrario, published Milan: Milano, Società tipog. de' classici italiani.
Black-and-white engraved portrait of historian Josephus (born Joseph ben Matityahu). Frontispiece to The works of Flavius Josephus, the learned and authentic Jewish historian and celebrated warrior… translated by William Whiston, published Baltimore: Armstrong & Berry.
Engraving of two images of the Jewish high priest in his vestments, including one on the Day of Expiation (Yom Kippur). Images from Calmet. Published for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge by F. C. & J. Rivington, St. Paul's Church Yard, London.
Hand-colored aquatint illustrating Lord Byron's poem "The Destruction of Sennacherib," first published in his Hebrew Melodies. Aquatint published London: Pyall & Stroud.
Sheet music cover for "Israel in Egypt," composed by George Frideric Handel; arranged by John Clarke-Whitfield. With an engraving depicting text excerpted from Exodus 15 : "The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea." Engraving by Isaac Taylor after Thomas Uwins. Published London: Clementi, Collard & Collard.
Color offset print reproduction of the original location of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun on Elm Street. After a drawing by Alexander Jackson Davis. Text originally published in The New-York Mirror.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the New Synagogue at Great St. Helen's in London. Published in the January 12, 1839, edition of The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction.
Hand-colored lithograph of the interior of the 1822 building of Synagogue de Nazareth, located on the Rue Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth, in Paris. Lithograph by Jules-Robert-Pierre-Joseph Challamel after an original drawing by the Marquis de Villeneuve. Published in L'Artiste.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the New Synagogue at Great St. Helen's in London. Published in the January 5, 1839, edition of The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction.
Hand-colored steel engraving of the interior of the Istanbuli Synagogue in Jerusalem. Engraving by James C. Redaway after a drawing by J. Salmon. From Syria, the Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c. Illustrated, Volume 3, by John Carne. Published London & Paris : Fisher, Son & Co.
Black-and-white wood engraving of six New York City landmarks, including the original location of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun on Elm Street. Engraving by William D. Smith after a drawing by Alexander Jackson Davis.
Black-and-white engraving depicting people from Poland, including a Jewish man. Engraving by Giovanni Antonio Sasso. From Il costume antico e moderno, ovvero storia del governo, della milizia, della religione, delle arti, scienze ed usanze di tutti i popoli antichi e moderni, Europe, Volume 8, by Giulio Ferrario, published Torino: Alessandro Fontana, 1829-1833.
Hand-colored engraving depicting people from Poland, including a Jewish man. Engraving by Angelo Biasioli after Giuseppe Bramati. From Le Costume ancien et moderne, ou, Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, de la religion, des arts, sciences et usages de tous les peuples anciens et modernes, Europe, Volume 6, by Giulio Ferrario, published Milan: De l'imprimerie de l'editeur, 1815-1829.
Hand-colored engraving of a Jewish man and woman from Poland. Engraving by Antonio Verico after a drawing by Francesco Pieraccini. From Storia della Polonia : fino agli ultimi tempi by Bernard Zaydler, published Firenze: V. Batelli.
Hand-colored etching of Polish Jews arriving at the Leipzig Trade Fair. Etching by Georg Emanuel Opitz. Published Dresden: Kunstverlag von L. v. Kleist.
Hand-colored lithograph of a Jewish man from Russia. Lithograph by Godefroy Englemann after a drawing by Jean-Marie Chopin. From Costumes russes modernes.
Black-and-white engraving of Jews from Poland. From France militaire. Histoire des armées françaises de terre et de mer de 1792 à 1833., Volume 3, by Abel Hugo.
Hand-colored engraving of financiers gathered at the Royal Exchange in London. Several Jewish figures are present in the scene, including Sir Moses Montefiore in conversation with Nathan Mayer Rothschild. Drawn and engraved by Isaac Robert Cruikshank and George Cruikshank, published London: Sherwood, Neely & Jones. From Life in London or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, esq., and his elegant friend, Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their rambles and sprees through the Metropolis by Pierce Egan.
Hand-colored etched satirical portrait of financier and philanthropist Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid. Drawn, etched, and published by Richard Dighton, August 1824. Reissue published by Thomas McLean, 26 Haymarket, 1824.
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.
Hand-colored lithograph of a merchant from Kaluga with his wife shown in both summer and winter clothes. From Vollständige Völkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen aller Nationen by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche.
Hand-colored etching of the exterior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. Engraving by Willem Hendrik Hoogamer after a drawing by Cornelis de Kruyff. From Vues choisies d'Amsterdam et ses environs dessinées d'après nature par C. de Kuyf et autres artistes, published Amsterdam: chez Franois Buffa & Fils.
Hand-colored etched satirical portrait identified as financier Levy Barent Cohen or Mr. Ripley. Drawn, etched, and published by Richard Dighton, November 5, 1817. Reissue published by Thomas McLean, 26 Haymarket, 1824.
Hand-colored engraving of a Jewish man and woman from Kraków. From Le monde en estampes ou Géographie des cinq parties du monde by Prudence-Guillaume de Roujoux.
Hand-colored engraving of Jewish woman from Poland. From L'Autriche, ou Costumes, moeurs et usages des Autrichiens by Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès. The publication depicts the dress of people throughout areas ruled by the House of Austria (House of Habsburg).
Black-and-white engraving depicting the slaughter of a lamb for Passover. With Hebrew text of Exodus 12:6, 27 : "And the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at dusk..It is the sacrifice of the Lord's passover." Frontispiece to Maḥzor shel Pesach, published Sulzbach: Buchdruckerey von S. Arnstein & Sohne.
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 engraved caricature depicting little Israel having swallowed a ducat. In German, the text reads : "Das kleine Israelchen bemerkt, wie sein Tate Baruch eine so große Liebe für das Gold hat. Der Knabe denkt: 'Es muß doch seyn ebbes delicates um einen Ducaten!' Er kommt über des Etten Casse, sieht Ducaten, nimmt, leckt und -- verschluckt einen! - 'O wai geschrien!' - Es wird Lärm in Hause; der Kremnitzer muss wider ins Tageslicht. Israelchen wird auf den Tisch gesetzt. Tate Baruch attaquirt in Front mit Rhabarber, während Memme Rachel mit Lavements in den Rücken fällt. Pefselche, Schmul und Löbche - der seinen neuen Rock aus alten Beinkleidern an hat - harren ängstlich der Wiedergeburt ihres R 5,30,, mehr werthen Bruders; und siehe, das Goldsöhnchen lässt sie nicht länger warten! In English, the text reads : "Little Israel notices what a great love father Baruch has for money. The boy thinks: 'There must be something delicious about a ducat!' He comes to the case, sees the ducats, takes one, licks and - swallows one! 'Oy vey!' he yells. Noise takes over the house; the coin must be brought to daylight again. Little Israel is placed onto the table. Father Baruch attacks him from the front with rhubarb, while Mother Rachel gives him an enema in the back. Pefselche, Schmul, and Löbche - who is wearing a new skirt made out of old trousers - anxiously await the rebirth of their R 5,30,, worth from their brother; and look, the little gold son won't wait any longer!"
Black-and-white engraving of the Tomb of Absalom in Jerusalem. After a drawying by Luigi Mayer. From A series of twenty-four views illustrative of the Holy Scriptures, published London: R. Bowyer & M. Parkes.
Hand-colored engraving of the Tomb of Absalom in Jerusalem. Engraving by Giuseppe Carocci. From Aggiunte all'opera Il costume antico e moderno di tutti i popoli, cogli analoghi disegni, Volume 1, by Giulio Ferrario, published Firenze: V. Batelli.
Black-and-white engraving of the Tombs of the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem. After a drawing by Luigi Mayer. From A series of twenty-four views illustrative of the Holy Scriptures, published London: R. Bowyer & M. Parkes.
Black-and-white steel engraved portrait of historian Josephus (born Joseph ben Matityahu). Engraving by Robert Lunn. Frontispiece to The works of Flavius Josephus, the learned and authentic Jewish historian, and celebrated warrior… translated by William Whiston, published Edinburgh: Printed at the University Press for Thomas Nelson and Peter Brown.
Black-and-white engraved portrait of historian Josephus (born Joseph ben Matityahu). Engraving by J. Rogers. Frontispiece to The works of Flavius Josephus, the learned and authentic Jewish historian and celebrated warrior… translated by William Whiston, published London: Henry Fisher, Son, and Co.
Hand-colored lithograph depicting a service at the Tempio Italiano in the Cinque Scole of Rome. Lithograph by after Hieronymus Hess. Published Karlsruhe: J. Velten.
Sheet music for "La juive : romance dramatique," words by H. T. Poisson (pseud. Charles de Warwille); music by Auguste-Mathieu Panseron, published Paris: Maurice Schlesinger.
Black-and-white steel engraved portrait of rabbi and scholar Moses Edrehi. Engraving by J. C. Hunter. From The book of miracles by Moses Edrehi, published London: Printed for the author.
Engraving after Rembrandt's painting A Seated Man with a Stick. Engraving by John Burnet. Published London: For the Associated Engravers, by Mr. John Pye.
Black-and-white engraving depicting Sukkot in the synagogue. With Hebrew text of Leviticus 23:40 : "And ye shall take you on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook, and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days." Frontispiece to Maḥazor le-ḥag ha-Sukot ule-shabat she-betokho : ke-minhag Ashkenaz : meduyaḳ heṭev u-mevoʼar yafeh u-meturgam Ashkenazit, published Sulzbach: Buchdruckerey von S. Arnstein & Sohne.
Black-and-white engraved portrait of Sarah Lyon (1703-1807) of Ipswich, who lived to the age of 105. Engraving by Robert Roe after a painting by Walter Stephens Lethbridge.
Black-and-white lithograph of a Jewish women from Algiers. Lithograph printed Paris: E. Ardit. From Atlas de l’aperçu historique, statistique et topographique sur l’état d’Alger : a l’usage de l’ármée expéditionnaire d’Afrique, published Paris: Ch. Picquet.
Black-and-white stipple engraved portrait of naturalist and physician Marcus Elieser Bloch. From Dictionaire des sciences médicales, Volume 2, by Antoine Jacques Louis Jourdan, published Paris: C. L. F. Panckoucke.
Hand-colored lithograph depicting the arrest of financier Joseph Süß Oppenheimer. From Die Geschichte Württembergs für die Jugend bearbeitet by Karl Pfaff.
Hand-colored lithograph depicting a Jewish man and two Jewish women from Algiers. From Voyage dans la régence d'Alger; ou, Description du pays occupé par l'armée française en Afrique by Claude Antoine Rozet, published Paris: Arthus Bertrand.
Black-and-white steel engraving of the interior of the Istanbuli Synagogue in Jerusalem. Engraving by James C. Redaway after a drawing by J. Salmon. From Syria, the Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c. Illustrated, Volume 3, by John Carne. Published London & Paris : Fisher, Son & Co.
Black-and-white mezzotint depicting Joshua commanding the sun to stand still. Mezzotint by James G. Seymour Lucas after a painting by John Martin. Published Paris: Rittner & Goupil.
Black-and-white mezzotint depicting the crossing of the Red Sea. Mezzotint by James G. Seymour Lucas after a painting by John Martin. Published Paris: Rittner & Goupil.
Black-and-white mezzotint depicting the plague of darkness, the ninth of the ten plagues of Egypt. Mezzotint by James G. Seymour Lucas. Published Paris: Rittner & Goupil.
Black-and-white mezzotint depicting the Israelites leaving Egypt. Mezzotint by James G. Seymour Lucas after a painting by David Roberts. Published Paris: Leclere, Boulevard Poissonnière, 29.
Hand-colored etching of a scene from Karl Borromäus Alexander Sessa's satirical play "Unser Verkehr" (The Company We Keep). In German, the text reads : "Gaih! Gaih! - Los dich treten von de Leut, los dich werfen aus de Stuben, los dich verklagen bei de Gerichte, los dich hetzen ins Hundeloch, los dich binden mit Stricke und Ketten, los dich martern halb taudt! Aber du must doch werden reich!" In English, the text reads : "Go! Go! Let yourself be stepped on by people, let yourself be thrown out of rooms, let yourself be denounced to the courts, let yourself be pushed into kennels, let yourself be bound with cords and chains, let yourself be martyred half to death! But you must become rich!"
Hand-colored etching of a scene from Karl Borromäus Alexander Sessa's satirical play "Unser Verkehr" (The Company We Keep). In German, the text reads : --Polckwitzer: "Lydie - meine Tochter - mein Haupt-Capital - mein Alles! Da staiht ä Mann, ä talentvoller Mann, ä geschickter Mann, ä reicher Mann, ä theurer Freund! Er will haben deine kunstreiche Hand, deine schaine Stimme, deinen witzigen Kopf, deine angenehme Manieren, deine vortreffliche Person - er will dich heirothen, - Wirst de sogen Nein?" In English, the text reads : -- Polckwitzer: "Lydia - my daughter - my capital asset - my everything! There stands a man, a talented man, a clever man, a rich man, a loyal friend! He would like to have your artful hand, your beautiful voice, your witty mind, your pleasant manner, your excellent character - he wants to marry you, - Will you say no?"
Black-and-white engraving of the exterior of the Main Synagogue of Fürth, known as the Altschul, which was built in 1616-1617. Engraving by Gerson Löwensohn.
Hand-colored lithograph of the exterior of the Óbuda Synagogue in Budapest. Lithograph by Carl Graf Vasquez. From Topographie der königl. ungarischen freyen Städte Ofen und Pesth von Carl Graf Vasquez.
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