Black-and-white engraving of the interior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, during the celebration of Purim. Engraving by William Forrest after an engraving by Bernard Picart. From The faiths of the world : an account of all religions and religious sects, their doctrines, rites, ceremonies, and customs by James Gardner. Published London & Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction with a portrait of actress Rachel Félix, known as Mademoiselle Rachel, as well as a compilation of scenes from her performances in Andromaque, Horace, and Adrienne Lecouvreur. The print accompanies an obituary published after her death on January 3, 1858. Published in the January 16, 1858, edition of L'Illustration, journal universel.
Caricature published in the Düsseldorfer Monathefte, Band 9, No. 46. In German, the text reads : --"Ach, mein Sohn, der Abraham, s'is ein Jung, hab ich doch nicht an ihn gewandt umsonst all das scheine Geld und de Kosten! - hab ich ihn gefragt; Abraham hab ich gesagt, was willst de dann werden? - 'Nun da werd ich Vitriol, hat er gesagt,' Ach wie heisst Vitriol? - 'Gott, Vater, da kann ich mer fressen überall dorch!'" In English, the text reads : --"Oh, my son, Abraham, he's a young boy, I have not appealed to him yet, all that beautiful money and the costs! -- So I asked him; Abraham, I said, what do you want to be? -- "Now, I'm going to become a Vitriol, he said" Oh, and what does vitriol mean?-- "God, Father, it's where I can eat more than everywhere else!"--
Black-and-white lithographed portrait of Rabbi Abraham Geiger, Chief Rabbi of Breslau. Lithograph by Fedor Beer after a photograph by Robert Weigelt. Printed Dresden: Hanfstaengl. Published Breslau: Verlag von Julius Hainauer.
Color lithograph depicting people of Algeria, including a Jewish man. Lithograph by Jean-Adolphe Bocquin after Felix Fossey. From Le monde en estampes : types et costumes des principaux peuples de l'univers by Élizabeth Müller, published Paris: Amédée Bédelet.
Hand-colored engraving depicting peoples of Africa, including a Jewish girl from Algiers and a Jewish woman from Morocco. Engraving by Pierre after a drawing by Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux. Printed Paris: Laurent imp. Published Paris: Dufour, Mulat et Boulanger.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting a fantasy inspired by violinist Henri Wieniawski's performance of Paganini's Carnival of Venice. Published in the April 17, 1858, edition of L'Illustration, journal universel.
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