Black-and-white engraving of a Jewish man from Cairo. From Atlas historique, ou, Nouvelle introduction à l'histoire, à la chronologie & à la géographie ancienne & moderne,Volume 6, by Henri Abraham Chatelain, published Amsterdam: Chez François L'Honoré & Compagnie, 1705-1720.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction with a portrait of cantor and composer Salomon Sulzer. Published in the March 15, 1884, edition of the Illustrirte Zeitung.
Black-and-white engraving depicting the principal religions of the world. Judaism is depicted by a rabbi holding a Torah scroll. Engraving by Bernard Picart. Frontispiece for Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde representées par des figures dessinées de la main de Bernard Picard: avec une explication historique, & quelques dissertations curieuses, Volume 1, published Amsterdam: J.F. Bernard, 1723-1737.
Caricature published in the Düsseldorfer Monathefte, Band 8, No. 9. In German, the text reads : --"Sagens mol sachverständiger Maister von de Kunst, mein Sohn wird doch später sehr fain werden, schauns schwarze Augen, schwarze Haare hat er schon und wenn er alt wird werden so kriegt er noch ä krümmer Nas." In English, the text reads : --"Say, knowledgeable master of the arts, my son will become very attractive later in life, look at his black eyes, he already has black hair and when he gets older he'll get a crooked nose as well."
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 engraving depicting building sukkahs for the celebration of Sukkot. From Dictionnaire historique, critique, chronologique, geographique et litteral de la Bible, Volume 3, by Augustin Calmet, published Paris: Emery, Saugrain, & Pierre Martin.
Black-and-white wood engraving of the Tomb of Absalom, Tomb of Benei Hezir, and Tomb of Zechariah in the Valley of Jehoshaphat (Kidron Valley) in Jerusalem. Engraving after a painting by Pharamond Blanchard. From Voyage illustré dans les deux mondes by Félix Mornand and Joseph Vilbort, published Paris: Le Chevalier.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the Grand Synagogue of Paris, on the occasion of its inauguration. Published in the September 19, 1874, edition of Le Monde illustré.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the Portuguese synagogue in rue Lamartine. After a painting by Jacob-Emile-Edouard Brandon. From the May 29, 1869, edition of L'Univers illustré.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the Grand Synagogue of Paris. From a drawing by Auguste Deroy. Published in the October 31, 1874, edition of Le Monde illustré.
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 exterior of the Grand Synagogue of Paris. From La France juive. Essai d'histoire contemporaine. Edition illustrée de scène, vues, portraits, cartes et plans... by Édouard Drumont.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the Grand Synagogue of Paris. From La France juive. Essai d'histoire contemporaine. Edition illustrée de scène, vues, portraits, cartes et plans... by Édouard Drumont.
Black-and-white engraving of the interior of the Stadttempel in Vienna. From Wiens vorzüglichste Gebäude und Monumente. Les principaux batiments et monuments de Vienne. Published Vienna: Chez Tranquillo Mollo.
Print reproduction of James Tissot's painting Treasurers and the Keepers of the Vases. With text from I Chronicles 26:20 : "And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God, and over the treasuries of the hallowed things."
Black-and-white engraving of the exterior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Maarssen. Engraving by Carel Frederik Bendorp after a drawing by Jan Bulthuis. From Vaderlandsche gezichten of afbeeldingen, behoorende tot den Tegenwoordigen staat der Vereenigde Nederlanden.
Black-and-white engraving with three scenes: a Jewish circumcision (at left), Moses and The Ten Commandments (center), and lighting the Sabbath lamp (right). Engraving by François Morellon La Cave. From Naaukeurige beschryving der uitwendige godtsdienst-plichten, kerk-zeden en gewoontens van alle volkeren der waereldt, Volume 1, by Bernard Picart, translated by Abraham Moubach, published: Rotterdam, Amsterdam & Den Haag: Uytwerf, Beman en Van der Kloot, 1727-38.
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 offset print reproduction of the interior of the 1822 building of the Synagogue de Nazareth, located on the Rue Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth, in Paris. Reproduction of a lithograph by Jules-Robert-Pierre-Joseph Challamel after an original drawing by the Marquis de Villeneuve. Published in the December 5, 1846, edition of L'Illustration.
Color offset print reproduction of the exterior of the Hauptsynagoge (Main Synagogue) on Hans-Sachs-Platz in Nuremberg. From the Geïllustreerde encyclopaedie: woordenboek voor wetenschap en kunst, beschaving en nijverheid, Volume 8, by Antony Winkler Prins.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the Neue Synagoge (New Synagogue) in Hannover. Published in the January 22, 1870, edition of L'Univers illustré.
Black-and-white engraving of the exterior of the Great Synagogue in Amsterdam. From Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, desselfs eerste oorspronk uyt den Huyse der Heeren van Aemstel en Aemstellant by Casparus Commelin.
Hand-colored engraving of the exterior of the Great Synagogue in Amsterdam. From Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, desselfs eerste oorspronk uyt den Huyse der Heeren van Aemstel en Aemstellant by Casparus Commelin.
Black-and-white engraving depicting reading from the Torah in the synagogue. From Vervolg op Flavius Josephus; of Algemene historie der joodsche naatsie, behelzende ene uitvoerige beschryving…, Volume 2, by Jacques Basnage, published Amsterdam: Gerard onder de Linden.
Black-and-white steel engraving of the Tombs of the Kings in Jerusalem restored. Engraving after a drawing by Louis François Cassas. From Palestine : description géographique, historique, et archéologique by Salomon Munk, published Paris: Firmin Didot frères.
Hand-colored lithograph depicting the arrest of financier Joseph Süß Oppenheimer. From Die Geschichte Württembergs für die Jugend bearbeitet by Karl Pfaff.
Black-and white engraving of the interior of the first synagogue building of Congregation Talmud Torah, which was established in 1639 upon the unification of three smaller Portuguese congregations, Beth Jacob, Neve Shalom and Beth Israel. Engraving by Jan Veenhuysen. From Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, Haar eerste oorspronk uyt den Huyze der Heeren van Aemstel en Aemstellant by Tobias van Domselaer.
Black-and-white lithograph of the exterior of the former Portuguese Synagogue in the Hague, now the synagogue of the Liberal Jewish Congregation. Published The Hague : A. P. van Langhuysen.
Black-and-white engraving depicting a marriage ceremony of Portuguese Jews in Amsterdam. Engraving by Caspar Jacobsz Philips after a drawing by Jacobus Buys. From Oude en tegenwoordige staat en geschiedenis van alle godsdiensten, Volume 1, by William Hurd, published Amsterdam: M. de Bruyn, 1781-1791.
Black-and-white engraving of the exterior of the Great Synagogue in Amsterdam. From Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, desselfs eerste oorspronk uyt den Huyse der Heeren van Aemstel en Aemstellant by Casparus Commelin.
Black-and-white lithograph of the interior of the Synagogue de Nazareth, located on the Rue Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth, in Paris during Yom Kippur. Lithograph by Hermann Raunheim. Printed as the frontispiece to Vol. 2 Prières de la veille du Kippour of Erech hatephiloth ou Prières de toutes les grandes fêtes à l'usage des Israélites du rite allemand by Elcan Durlacher.
Black-and-white lithograph of the interior of the 1822 building of the 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 engraving of the exterior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. From Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, desselfs eerste oorspronk uyt den Huyse der Heeren van Aemstel en Aemstellant by Casparus Commelin.
Black-and-white engraving of the exterior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. From Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, desselfs eerste oorspronk uyt den Huyse der Heeren van Aemstel en Aemstellant by Casparus Commelin.
Hand-colored engraving of the exterior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. From Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, desselfs eerste oorspronk uyt den Huyse der Heeren van Aemstel en Aemstellant by Casparus Commelin.
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.
Black-and-white steel engraving of the Tombs of the Kings in Jerusalem. Engraving after a drawing by Louis François Cassas. From Palestine : description géographique, historique, et archéologique by Salomon Munk, published Paris: Firmin Didot frères.
Hand-colored aquatint of Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem. After a drawing by Luigi Mayer. From Views in Palestine, from the original drawings of Luigi Mayer / Vues en Palestine, d'après les dessins originaux de Luigi Mayer, published London: R. Bowyer, 1804.
Hand-colored aquatint of the Tombs of the Kings in Jerusalem. After a drawing by Luigi Mayer. From Views in Palestine, from the original drawings of Luigi Mayer / Vues en Palestine, d'après les dessins originaux de Luigi Mayer, published London: R. Bowyer, 1804.
Black-and-white engraving of the exterior of the Great Synagogue in Amsterdam. From 100 afbeeldinge der voornaamste gebouwen van Amsterdam by Peter Schenk.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the Grand Synagogue of Paris on Yom Kippur. From a drawing by Auguste Deroy. Published in the October 31, 1874, edition of Le Monde illustré.
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 engraving of the exterior of the Great Synagogue in Amsterdam. From Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, desselfs eerste oorspronk uyt den Huyse der Heeren van Aemstel en Aemstellant by Casparus Commelin.
Hand-colored engraving depicting Saul before the Jewish high priest. Engraving by Giovanni Bigatti. 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, Asia, Volume 3, by Giulio Ferrario, published Milan: De l'imprimerie de l'editeur, 1815-1829.
Sheet music for "Oh fatherland dearest! : the song of a Jewish maiden," words by Charles Jefferys; music by Stephen Glover, published London: C. Jefferys.
Print reproduction of James Tissot's painting Solomon Dedicates the Temple at Jerusalem. With text excerpted from I Kings 8:23 : "And he said: 'O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like Thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath."
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting the procession of the Torah scrolls during the dedication of the synagogue in Versailles. Published in the October 23, 1886, edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting Hanukkah in the synagogue. The home and synagogue of the modern Jew : sketches of modern Jewish life and ceremonies, published London: Religious Tract Society.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the synagogue in Versailles. Published in the October 23, 1886, edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.
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.
Black-and-white engraving depicting the flood, with inset scenes of Noah entering and leaving the ark. Engraving by John Chester Buttre after a painting by Nicolas Poussin.
Medal commemorating the execution by hanging of financier Joseph Süß Oppenheimer in 1738. On the observe, a portrait of Oppenheimer. On the reverse, a depiction of the gallows with the words "Aus diesem Vogelhaus schaugt Sus der Schelm heraus" (From this bird cage, the rogue Süß looks out).
Black-and-white illustration of two men described as "Twee Vrienden van den Prins" ("two friends of the prince"). The accompanying story entitled "Modern Zeden" ("modern mores") describes two moneylenders, pictured here, and a prince who gives into their demands in order to receive money from them. Published in Asmodée: geillustreerde almanak.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the Great Synagogue of Stockholm. Published in Nordiske Billeder: Prospecter fra Danmark, Norge og Sverig i Træsnit med Text.
Black-and-white wood engraving of the Tomb of Benei Hezir and Tomb of Zechariah in the Valley of Jehoshaphat (Kidron Valley) in Jerusalem. From Palästina in bild und wort : Nebst der Sinaihalbinsel und dem lande Gosen by Georg Ebers, published Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt.
Black-and-white steel engraving of the Tomb of Absalom, Tomb of Benei Hezir, and Tomb of Zechariah in the Valley of Jehoshaphat (Kidron Valley) in Jerusalem. Engraving by Thomas Heawood after a drawing by Alexius Geyer. Printed and published Leipzig: A. H. Payne.
Sheet music for "Der Yidisher Trauer-March," by Arnold Perlmutter and Herman Wohl, published New York: Hebrew Publishing Company. On cover: Inspired by and written for the demonstration of December 5th, 1905, participated by 250,000 citizens of greater New York in tribute to the memory of the victims of Russian brutal massacres.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the old Main Synagogue in Munich. From a photograph. Published in the October 8, 1887, edition of the Illustrirte Zeitung.
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."
Color print of gravestones in the Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague. Illustration by Adolf Kašpar. From Das Prager Ghetto by Ignát Herrmann, Joseph Teige, and Zikmund Winter, published Prague: Verlagsbuchhandlung der Böhm. Graphischen Gesellschaft "Unie".
Hand-colored etching depicting a funeral procession with the title "the triumph of youth." The faces of all of the individuals depicted have been shaded black.
Black-and-white lithograph of the exterior of the Dohány Street Synagogue in Budapest. Frontispiece from Ueber die Juden und ihre tausendjährigen Leiden by S. v. Vereby.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the Leopoldstädter Tempel in Vienna. From Die alten Strassen und Plätze von Wien's Vorstädten und ihre historisch interessanten Häuser, Volume 1, by Wilhelm Kisch.
Hand-colored lithograph of the exteriors of the New Synagogue and Great Synagogue in Amsterdam. From Geschiedkundige beschrijving der stad Amsterdam, Volume 1, by Cornelis van der Vijver.
Page from the October 7, 1854, edition of the Illustrirte Zeitung with black-and-white offset print reproductions of the exteriors of synagogues in Frankfurt am Main and Leipzing. Above, the synagogue of the Israelitische Religionsgesellschaft in the Schützenstraße in Frankfurt am Main, built by J. W. Renk. Below, the Große Gemeindesynagoge (Great Community Synagogue), also known as the Temple and the Alte Synagoge (Old Synagogue), built by Otto Simonson.
Reproduction of a black-and-white woodcut and text from Das Ständebuch (The Book of Trades) with text by Hans Sachs and illustrations by Jost Amman. The book describes trades practiced in 16th-century Nuremberg. In German, the text reads : "Bin nicht vmb sonst ein Jüd genannt / Ich leih nur halb Gelt an ein Pfandt / Löst mans nit zu gesetztem Ziel / So gilt es mir dennoch so viel / Darmit verderb ich den loßn hauffn / Der nur wil Feyern / Fressn vnd Sauffn / Doch nimpt mein Handel gar nit ab / Weil ich meins gleich viel Brüder hab." In English, the text reads : "I'm called a Jew because, in dearth, / Pledge I pawn at half its worth; / If not redeemed on time, it will / Make my profits higher still. / I thus destroy all carless folk, / While they eat and drink and joke. / My business never suffers, for / I have many brothers more."
Black-and-white woodcut and text from Das Ständebuch (The Book of Trades) with text by Hans Sachs and illustrations by Jost Amman. The book describes trades practiced in 16th-century Nuremberg. In German, the text reads : "Bin nicht vmb sonst ein Jüd genannt / Ich leih nur halb Gelt an ein Pfandt / Löst mans nit zu gesetztem Ziel / So gilt es mir dennoch so viel / Darmit verderb ich den loßn hauffn / Der nur wil Feyern / Fressn vnd Sauffn / Doch nimpt mein Handel gar nit ab / Weil ich meins gleich viel Brüder hab." In English, the text reads : "I'm called a Jew because, in dearth, / Pledge I pawn at half its worth; / If not redeemed on time, it will / Make my profits higher still. / I thus destroy all carless folk, / While they eat and drink and joke. / My business never suffers, for / I have many brothers more."
Black-and-white lithograph of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, above, and the New Synagogue and Great Synagogue in Amsterdam, below. From Geschiedkundige beschrijving der stad Amsterdam, Volume 1, by Cornelis van der Vijver.
Black-and-white lithograph depicting a Jewish peddler and Gabriel Riesser, member of the Frankfurt Parliament, mocking Heinrich von Gagern, who is walking past carrying bags of money on both shoulders. In German, the text reads : --1ster Jud: "Nu! Wie tragt der Mann sou schwär?" --2ter Jud: "S'nit sou arig worum er tragt jou uf bade Achsle! Bey mei lang Lebe ich hab ka Kinesinne druf!" In English, the text reads : --First Jew: "Nu! How is that man carrying something so heavy?" --Second Jew: "It's not that hard, that's why he's carrying them on both shoulders! In my whole life, I've never thought of that! Printed Frankfurt am Main: C. Knatz.
Black-and-white woodcut and text from Panoplia omnium illiberalium, the Latin edition of Das Ständebuch (The Book of Trades) with text by Hans Sachs and illustrations by Jost Amman. The book describes trades practiced in 16th-century Nuremberg. In English, the text reads : "I'm called a Jew because, in dearth, / Pledge I pawn at half its worth; / If not redeemed on time, it will / Make my profits higher still. / I thus destroy all carless folk, / While they eat and drink and joke. / My business never suffers, for / I have many brothers more."
Black-and-white engraving of the exterior of the old synagogue in Lengnau, built in 1750. Engraving by Johann Balthasar Bullinger after Johann Rudolf Holzhalb. From Sammlung jüdischer Geschichten, welche sich mit diesem Volk in dem XIII. und folgenden Jahrhunderten bis auf MDCCLX. in der Schweiss von Zeit zugetragen by Johann Caspar Ulrich.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the Neue Synagoge (New Synagogue) in Hannover. Published in Über Land und Meer, Jahrgang 14, Band 27, Heft 14.
Color offset print reproduction of the interior of the Neue Synagoge (New Synagogue) in Hannover. Published in Über Land und Meer, Jahrgang 14, Band 27, Heft 14.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction with scenes from the inauguration of the synagogue in Lechenich on September 10, 1886. From an original drawing by Jean Bungartz. Published in Die Illustrirte Welt.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the Türkischer Tempel (Turkish Temple) in the Zirkusgasse in Vienna. From a drawing by Johann Nepomuk Geller. Published in the December 8, 1888, edition of the Illustrirte Zeitung.
Hand-colored etching of the exterior of the Leopoldstädter Tempel in the Leopoldstadt district in Vienna. Drawn by Franz Zastiera. Published by A. Mossauer.
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