Hand-colored lithograph of a Jewish high priest, with text of the priestly blessing found in Numbers 6:23-27 printed below. Lithograph by W. Watkins after J. Brown.
Black-and-white engraving depicting the vestments of the Jewish high priest. Engraving by Johann Carl Joseph Störcklin. From Biblia, das ist: die gantze Heilige Schrifft Alten und Neuen Testaments, translated by Martin Luther, published Basel: Thurneysen.
Color lithograph showing two representations of the garments of the Jewish high priest. Lithography by Mayer Merkel & Ottmann, New York; copyrighted by Hubbard Bro's (1874).
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.
Black-and-white engraving of a Jewish high priest in his vestments. From Calmet's great dictionary of the Holy Bible : historical, critical, geographical, and etymological… by Augustin Calmet, published London: Printed for Charles Taylor.
Black-and-white steel engraving depicting the Roman Ghetto. Engraving by Samuel Valentine Hunt after a painting by Louis Haghe. From Picturesque Europe, published London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.
Black-and-white wood engraving of a Jewish priest and high priest in their vestments, flanking the text of a stanza from Richard Wilton's poem "Benedicite." Wood engraving by Charles Butterworth. Published inThe Sunday at home: a family magazine for Sabbath reading.
Black-and-white engraving of the breastplate of the Jewish high priest. From Calmet's great dictionary of the Holy Bible : historical, critical, geographical, and etymological… by Augustin Calmet, published London: Printed for Charles Taylor.
Caricature by Joseph Ferdinand Keppler published in Puck. In English, the titles reads : "The persecuted Jews." With illustrations of Jewish persecution in the past in contrast to a caricature of a wealthy Jewish "Baron von Rosenstengel" in the present.
Black-and-white lithograph depicting the old city hall in Jarosław. Lithograph by Luigi Kasimir. From Galizien 1915 : ein Künstlertagebuch by Luigi Kasimir, published Vienna: Kunstverlag Hugo Heller & Cie.
Color lithograph depicting the bazaar in Jarosław. Lithograph by Luigi Kasimir. From Galizien 1915 : ein Künstlertagebuch by Luigi Kasimir, published Vienna: Kunstverlag Hugo Heller & Cie.
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.
Color lithograph depicting a Passover seder. Lithograph by Franz Kellerhoven. From Manners, customs, and dress during the middle ages, and during the renaissance period by Paul Lacroix (P. L. Jacob), published London: Chapman and Hall.
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.
Caricature by Franklin Morris Howarth published in Puck. The text reads : 1 --Mr. Hockheimer: "Ach! Mein Gott, Shakop, vy you vaste your dime ofer dot foolish pook--over dot crazy fool pusiness about dot palmistry. Dot vill nefer do you no goot votefer." --Hockheimer, Jr.: "Oh! Don't vorry, Fader--it maype gomes in handy some day." 2 --Mr. Hockheimer (after trying in vain for over an hour to fit customer with hat): "Vait, don't go, mein frendt; I see vot I gan do." 3 --Mr. Hockheimer (in anguish): "Oh! Shakop, mein sohn! Dish vas awful. I loose me a gustomer. Efery hat in der store ish too pig for his head. Vot vill I do me?" --Hockheimer, Jr.: "Calm yourself, Fader. I tries vot I gan do." 4 --"Goot morning, Mister. Oh! yes; dot hat vas entirely too pig. Say! Mister, did you effer hear apout dot science of palmistry, vot dells your fortune py der lines on your handt? Gif me your handt, I tells you." 5 --"You vas porn under a lucky planet. Your line of life vas goodt undt long, you vill live to old age." 6 --"Your power for knowledge is enormously developed. You vill become a prilliant man--a scholar, a statesman, perhaps der President. You vas a porn leader of men--like Napoleon." 7 --"You have great powers of concentration and determination--you vill succeed in votefer you underdakes." 8 --"Fader, you must have made some mistakes. Any of dese hats vill fit der great schentlemans. Give me a larger size. Goot." 9 --Mr. Hockheimer (falling on his son's neck): "Oh! mein sohn, der pride of mein life. I dakes you in bartnership tomorrow."
Caricature by Joseph Ferdinand Keppler published in the February 22, 1882, edition of Puck. The caption reads : "Puck's proposition to make the nations happy all around." Under Quotations: "England - Jews in demand." The caricature depicts Queen Victoria taking two Jews under her arms.
Color engraving depicting the Binding of Isaac, as described in Genesis 22:12. Engraving by Albert Henry Payne after a painting by François-Nicolas-Augustin Feyen-Perrin. From The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments; with notes by the Rev. J. Brown; and extracts from the best biblical authors; revised and edited by the Rev. H. Philip; with a family register and fifty-seven coloured engravings, published London: James Hagger; Leipzig and Dresden: A. H. Payne.
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 engraving depicting the drunkenness of Noah. Engraving by Carolo Lasinio after Giuseppe Calendi. From L'Etruria pittrice; ovvero, storia della pittura toscana, dedotta dai suoi monumenti che si esibiscono in stampa dal secolo X. fino al presente by Marco Lastri.
Black-and-white steel engraving depicting Rebekah's arrival to Isaac, as described in Genesis 24:64. From The devotional family Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments, with explanatory notes, practical observations, copious marginal references, &c. by Alexander Fletcher, published New York: R. Martin & Co.
Painting of Rahab and the spies, with text from Joshua 2:15 : "Then she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was upon the side of the wall, and she dwelt upon the wall."
Black-and-white engraving depicting scenes from the six days of creation. From The whole genuine and complete works of Flavius Josephus : the celebrated warlike, learned and authentic Jewish historian… by by George Henry Maynard, with illustrated with marginal references... by Edward Kimpton, published London: Printed for J. Cooke.
Hand-colored aquatint illustrating Lord Byron's poem "The Destruction of Sennacherib," first published in his Hebrew Melodies. Aquatint published London: Pyall & Stroud.
Black-and-white engraving depicting imagery associated with the Book of Psalms, including David playing the harp. From Biblische Geschichten des Alten und Neuen Testaments / Historiae Biblicae Veteris et Novi Testamenti by Joseph Sebastian Klauber and Johann Baptist Klauber.
Color lithograph of Queen Esther. Chromolithograph printed by Jehenne after a painting by Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger. From Woman in sacred history : a series of sketches drawn from scriptural, historical, and legendary sources by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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.
Color lithograph depicting the Binding of Isaac, as described in Genesis 22:1-19. Lithograph by James Richard Barfoot. Published London: Darton & Co., Holborn Hill.
Black-and-white engraving depicting scenes from the Book of Samuel. Engraving by Johann Jacob von Sandrart. From Biblia, das ist : die gantze Schrifft, Altes und Neues Testaments, translated by Martin Luther; printed and published Nuremberg: Johann Andreas Endter.
Black-and-white engraving depicting Deuteronomy 5:1. From The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments, according to the authorized translation ; with all the parallel texts and marginal readings ; to which are added notes and practical observations, designed as a help to a correct understanding of the sacred writings by Adam Clarke, published Liverpool: Printed by Nuttall, Fisher, Dixon, and Gibson.
Black-and-white engraving depicting Bezalel building the Ark of the Covenant, as described in Exodus 37. From The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments, according to the authorized translation ; with all the parallel texts and marginal readings ; to which are added notes and practical observations, designed as a help to a correct understanding of the sacred writings by Adam Clarke, published Liverpool: Printed by Nuttall, Fisher, Dixon, and Gibson.
Black-and-white engraving depicting scenes from the Books of Samuel and Chronicles. From Biblische Geschichten des Alten und Neuen Testaments / Historiae Biblicae Veteris et Novi Testamenti by Joseph Sebastian Klauber and Johann Baptist Klauber.
Black-and-white wood engraving depicting the prophecy of Isaiah: "And He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." Wood engraving signed by the artist Howard Simon.
Black-and-white engraving depicting scenes from the Book of Esther. From Biblische Geschichten des Alten und Neuen Testaments / Historiae Biblicae Veteris et Novi Testamenti by Joseph Sebastian Klauber and Johann Baptist Klauber.
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.
Black-and-white lithograph depicting Moses presented to Pharaoh. Lithograph by Louis Stanislas Faivre-Duffer after a painting by Victor Orsel. The original painting is held by the Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon. Printed Paris: Imprimerie Lemercier.
Black-and-white engravings depicting Jacob wrestling with the angel, as described in Genesis 32; and Jacob meeting Esau, as described in Genesis 33. From a Latin Bible.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of Central Synagogue in New York. From a photograph by George Gardner Rockwood. Published in the July 6, 1872, edition of Harper's Weekly.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the former 34th Street location of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun in New York. Published in the June 16, 1866, edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the former location of Temple Shaaray Tefila at 127 West 44th Street in New York. Published in the July 3, 1869, edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the original building of Congregation Rodeph Sholom on Clinton Street in New York. Published in the May 7, 1853, edition of the Illustrated News.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the original building of Congregation Rodeph Sholom on Clinton Street in New York. Published in the May 14, 1853, edition of the Illustrated News.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the original building of Congregation Rodeph Shalom at Broad and Mount Vernon Streets in Philadelphia. Published in The Art Journal, Volume 3.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the Borough New Synagogue at Walworth Road in London. Published in the May 4, 1867, edition of the Illustrated London News.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the New Synagogue at Great St. Helen's in London. From The home and synagogue of the modern Jew : sketches of modern Jewish life and ceremonies.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the Old Synagogue in Kraków. From Der Schwur des in Krakau am 9-13. August 1903, abgehalten Rabbiner-Kongresses.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the Great Synagogue in London at Duke's Place. Published in the December 14, 1889, edition of L'Univers illustré.
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.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the West London Synagogue on Upper Berkeley Street. Published in the January 27, 1872, edition of The Illustrated London News.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the Dohány Street Synagogue in Budapest. Published in the November 26, 1864, edition of L'Univers illustré.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the Semper-Synagoge (Semper Synagogue), also known as the Dresdner Synagoge (Dresden Synagogue) or Alte Synagoge (Old Synagogue). Original drawing by Fritz Beckert. From Dresden : eine kunstbetrachtende Wanderung, mit 13 farbigen Abbildungen nach Gemälden und 27 Zeichnungen von Professor Fritz Beckert; Text von Robert Bruck.
Black-and-white engraving of the interior of the Semper-Synagoge (Semper Synagogue), also known as the Dresdner Synagoge (Dresden Synagogue) or Alte Synagoge (Old Synagogue). Engraving by A. Langhans. From Erinnerungen an merkwürdige Gegenstände und Begebenheiten, Volume 23. Published Prague: C.W. Medau und Comp.
Black-and-white engraving of the exterior of the Semper-Synagoge (Semper Synagogue), also known as the Dresdner Synagoge (Dresden Synagogue) or Alte Synagoge (Old Synagogue). Engraving by P. Röhrich. From Erinnerungen an merkwürdige Gegenstände und Begebenheiten, Volume 23. Published Prague: C.W. Medau und Comp.
Black-and-white lithograph of the interior of the Hauptsynagoge (Main Synagogue) in Mannheim. Lithograph by Adam Gatternicht. Published Mannheim: C.F. Heckel.
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 lithograph of the exterior of the Hauptsynagoge (Main Synagogue) in Mannheim. Lithograph by Adam Gatternicht. Published Mannheim: C.F. Heckel.
Color print illustration of the interior of Temple Emanu-El in New York, as well as a black-and-white print illustration of the exterior of the adjacent Beth-El Chapel. From Description of the new buildings being erected at 65th Street and Fifth Avenue by Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York : consisting of Temple Emanu-El, Beth-El Chapel, Community House, published New York: Sherman & Lebair, Inc.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the former location of Congregation Beth Israel on Crown Street in Philadelphia. Published in the January 12, 1856, edition of Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion.
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 engraving of the original location of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun on Elm Street in New York. After a drawing by Alexander Jackson Davis.
Color print illustration of the interior of Temple Emanu-El in New York. From Description of the new buildings being erected at 65th Street and Fifth Avenue by Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York : consisting of Temple Emanu-El, Beth-El Chapel, Community House, published New York: Sherman & Lebair, Inc.
Black-and-white print illustration of the exterior of Temple Emanu-El in New York. From Description of the new buildings being erected at 65th Street and Fifth Avenue by Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York : consisting of Temple Emanu-El, Beth-El Chapel, Community House, published New York: Sherman & Lebair, Inc.
Black-and-white etching of the interior of the former location of Congregation Adath Jeshurun at North Broad and Diamond Streets in Philadelphia. Engraving signed by artist Henry Cooper.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the Synagoge Kohlhöfen (Kohlhöfen Synagogue) in Hamburg. Published in the September 24, 1859, edition of the Illustrirte Zeitung.
Hand-colored offset print reproduction of the exterior of the Synagoge Kohlhöfen (Kohlhöfen Synagogue) in Hamburg. Published in the September 24, 1859, edition of the Illustrirte Zeitung.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the Nineteenth Street Synagogue, former location of Congregation Shearith Israel at the corner of 19th Street and 5th Avenue in New York, on the occasion of its consecration. Published in the September 29, 1860, edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.
Black-and-white print illustration of the exterior of the former location of Temple Emanu-El at 5th Avenue and 43rd Street in New York. Reproduced from an etching by Anton Joseph Friedrich Schutz. From Description of the new buildings being erected at 65th Street and Fifth Avenue by Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York : consisting of Temple Emanu-El, Beth-El Chapel, Community House, published New York: Sherman & Lebair, Inc.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the former location of Temple Emanu-El at 5th Avenue and 43rd Street in New York. From a photograph by George Gardner Rockwood. Published in the November 14, 1868, edition of Harper's Weekly.
Color offset print reproduction of the exterior of the former location of Temple Emanu-El at 5th Avenue and 43rd Street in New York. From a photograph by George Gardner Rockwood. Published in the November 14, 1868, edition of Harper's Weekly.
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.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the Old New Synagogue in Prague. Published in the February 16, 1867, edition of Le Monde illustré.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction with a compilation of images from the Jewish quarter in Prague, including the Old New Synagogue, Jewish Town Hall, and graves from the Old Jewish Cemetery.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the New Synagogue at Great St. Helen's in London. Published in the December 8, 1855, edition of the Illustrated Times.