Great Synagogue, Interior. By Rowlandson, extracted from The Microcosm of London
AUCTION 32 |
Thursday, March 23rd,
2006 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
Lot 298
(ANGLO-JUDAICA)
Great Synagogue, Interior. By Rowlandson, extracted from The Microcosm of London
London, 1809:
Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $200
Dedicated September 18, 1722, and enlarged in 1766, the Great Synagogue in Dukes Place remained for over two centuries the chief Aschkenazic synagogue in London. It was consumed by fire during the German aerial bombardment of London on May 11, 1941. See P. Renton, The Lost Synagogues of London (2000), pp. 30-38