Black-and-white etching of a Jewish woman from Poland in 1766. Etching by Jean-Baptiste Le Prince. From A collection of the dresses of different nations, antient and modern, published London: Thomas Jefferys, 1757-1772.
Black-and-white etching of a Jewish man from Poland in 1768. Etching by Jean-Baptiste Le Prince. From A collection of the dresses of different nations, antient and modern, published London: Thomas Jefferys, 1757-1772.
Hand-colored etching of a Jewish man from Poland in 1768. Etching by Jean-Baptiste Le Prince. From A collection of the dresses of different nations, antient and modern, published London: Thomas Jefferys, 1757-1772.
This circa 1917 photograph was taken in Poland and shows Mortre Mendel Ajzensztark, Francine's father, while he was in the Polish army. Once in France, he changed his name to Maurice.
Hand-colored engraving of two Jewish men from Austria. From Picturesque representations of the dress and manners of the Austrians by William Alexander. Published London: Printed for J. Murray by W. Bulmer and co. The publication depicts the dress of people throughout areas ruled by the House of Austria (House of Habsburg). The associated plate description identifies these men as "A Polish Jew."
Hand-colored engraving of a Jewish woman from Austria. From Picturesque representations of the dress and manners of the Austrians by William Alexander. Published London: Printed for J. Murray by W. Bulmer and co. The publication depicts the dress of people throughout areas ruled by the House of Austria (House of Habsburg). The associated plate description identifies this woman as "A Polish Jewess."
Hand-colored engraving of a Jewish woman from Austria. From Picturesque representations of the dress and manners of the Austrians by William Alexander. Published London: Printed for J. Murray by W. Bulmer and co. The publication depicts the dress of people throughout areas ruled by the House of Austria (House of Habsburg). The associated plate description identifies this woman as "A Polish Jewess."
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.
Color lithograph of three peasants from Podlasie, of Rusyn origin, seated at a table. Three Polish Jews can be seen in the background. Lithograph by Frédéric-Emile Simon after Jan Nepomucen Lewicki. From Les costumes du peuple polonais : suivis d'une description exacte de ses moeurs, de ses usages et de ses habitudes by Leon Józef Zienkowicz.
Print Nro. 353 of the series Münchener Bilderbogen, published Munich: Verlag Braun & Schneider. Illustrations by Ernst Küster. The print includes a depiction of a Jew from Poland.
Hand-colored aquatint of a Jewish man from Poland. Engraving by Philibert-Louis Debucourt after a drawing by Jean-Pierre Norblin de La Gourdaine. From Zbiór rozmaitych stroiów polskich / Costumes polonais.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting Jews from Poland in the synagogue on Yom Kippur. After a drawing by Wilhelm August Stryowski. Published in the October 15, 1864, edition of L'Univers illustré.
Black-and-white lithograph depicting a group of Jewish peddlers from Poland showing their wares to two approaching Cossacks. Lithograph by Godefroy Engelmann after Louis-Albert-Ghislain Bacler d'Albe.
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 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 offset print reproduction of a Jewish man from Poland at prayer. From An illustrated description of the Russian empire by Robert Sears.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of Polish Jews in Russia. The associated article reads : "A sketch by our artist in Russia, or rather on the borders of Russian Poland, shows a two-horse cart of rustic apperance, closely packed with eager merchants of country wares and commodities for the use of the peasantry, one and all belonging to the Hebrew race, who carry on most of the inland trade in those parts of the Czar's dominions. They are travelling to the next market-town, where they will buy and sell to a considerable profit, as the Jews never fail to do in Russia, if in any country in the world." Published in the March 27, 1880, edition of The Illustrated London News.