Fine three-quarter length portrait of the Chief Rabbi of Great Britain in his Library

AUCTION 17 | Tuesday, November 12th, 2002 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Graphic and Ceremonial Art From Various Owners

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Lot 486

(HIRSCHEL, SOLOMON) 1762-1845

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. Framed 21 x 13.25 inches

London, 1803:

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

PRICE REALIZED $1,200

Solomon Hirschel, Chief Rabbi of Great Britain and a profound Rabbinic scholar was the scion of one of Europe’s distinguished Rabbinical dynasties. His father was the eminent Tzvi Hirsch Berlin, who proceeded him as Rabbi of the Great Synagogue, London and later served as Chief Rabbi of Berlin. Hirschel’s uncle was Rabbi Jacob Emden, the celebrated luminary of German Jewry