The Jew at Home. Impressions of a Summer and Autumn spent with him
AUCTION 47 |
Thursday, December 10th,
2009 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 240
PENNELL, JOSEPH
The Jew at Home. Impressions of a Summer and Autumn spent with him
New York: D. Appelton & Company 1892
Est: $100 - $150
PRICE REALIZED $200
A prominent graphic artist’s account of his Eastern European travels, expressing a mixture of sympathy and distaste. “I have had the opportunity thrust upon me of seeing the Jew much more intimately than the majority of his defenders or his detractors; and what I did see, I have simply put down in black and white. It requires no knowledge of life five hundred years ago to see how the Polish Jew is living today.”