Fine three-quarter length portrait of the Chief Rabbi of Great Britain in his Library. Stipple engraving by Willam Holl after the original painting by the Jewish artist Frederick Benjamin Barlin, presently in the National Portrait Gallery, London
AUCTION 11 |
Tuesday, November 28th,
2000 at 1:00
Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din
Lot 234
(HIRSCHEL, SOLOMON)
Fine three-quarter length portrait of the Chief Rabbi of Great Britain in his Library. Stipple engraving by Willam Holl after the original painting by the Jewish artist Frederick Benjamin Barlin, presently in the National Portrait Gallery, London
London, 1803:
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
PRICE REALIZED $3,000
Illustration of portrait on cover of catalogue provided by courtesy of The National Portrait Gallery, London where the picture presently resides. Offered in this lot is the engraving after the original painting.
The books seen behind Hirschel represent the Library offered in the present Auction