G.W.C. Voorduin, artist. J.E. Van Heemskerck Van Beest, lithographer. Joden Savannah. Gezigt op de sijnagoge en kerkhof van de zijde van het militair cordonpad gezien. [“View of the Synagogue and Cemetery as Seen from the Military Cordon-Path.”]
AUCTION 32 |
Thursday, March 23rd,
2006 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
Lot 355
(SURINAM).
G.W.C. Voorduin, artist. J.E. Van Heemskerck Van Beest, lithographer. Joden Savannah. Gezigt op de sijnagoge en kerkhof van de zijde van het militair cordonpad gezien. [“View of the Synagogue and Cemetery as Seen from the Military Cordon-Path.”]
Amsterdam:
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
PRICE REALIZED $1,500
The life of the Jews in the Dutch colony of Surinam is pictured as quite idyllic, which indeed it was, for the length of its duration. In 1791 there were 834 Portuguese and 447 German Jews in Surinam. See M.H. Gans, Memorbook (1977), p. 267