Half-length portrait of Rabbi Morris Jacob Raphall wearing skull-cap and canonicals. Lithograph by F. D'Avignon. Titled below.
AUCTION 53 |
Thursday, December 08th,
2011 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters & Graphic Art
Lot 325
(AMERICAN JUDAICA).
Half-length portrait of Rabbi Morris Jacob Raphall wearing skull-cap and canonicals. Lithograph by F. D'Avignon. Titled below.
New York, P. Haas, 1850.:
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
PRICE REALIZED $1,800
Rare portrait of this controversial American Rabbi (1798-1868) who served as Rabbi of the Congregation B'nei Jeshurun of New York from 1849-1866. See A. J. Karp, Judaic Treasures from the Library of Congress (1991) p. 313 (illustrated). Not in Rubens, Jewish Iconography.