Reading from the scroll

Title:

Reading from the scroll

Creator (Personal):

Wiles

Description:

Black-and-white wood engraving depicting reading from the Torah at the Eldridge Street Synagogue in New York. 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.

Collection Title:

William A. Rosenthall Judaica Collection - Prints and Photographs

Contributing Institution:

College of Charleston Libraries

Media Type:

Images

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Eldridge Street Synagogue (New York, N.Y.)

Topical Subject:

Synagogues--United States, Synagogues--New York (State)--New York, Torah scrolls, Jews--Social life and customs, Judaism--Customs and practices, and Bemas (Architecture)

Geographic Subject:

New York (N.Y.)

Shelving Locator:

Print Portfolio 13,cofc-war-print13-037

Date Digital:

2012-01-17

Digitization Specifications:

Scanned with Epson Expression 10000 XL, 250 ppi, 24-bit color. Archival tiff image available.

Internet Media Type:

image/jpeg

Copyright Status Statement:

Public domain.

Access Information:

For more information contact Special Collections at the College of Charleston Libraries, Charleston, SC 29424.

Admin ID:

35798