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

AUCTION 66 | Thursday, November 19th, 2015 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art

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Lot 306

HIRSCHEL, SOLOMON.

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. Lightly creased. 22 x 15 inches to mat.

London, 1803:

Est: $2,000 - $2,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,500

Solomon Hirschel (1762-1845), Chief Rabbi of Great Britain, was the scion of one of Europe’s most distinguished Rabbinic dynasties. His father was the eminent Tzvi Hirsch Berlin, who preceded him as Rabbi of the Great Synagogue, London and later served as Chief Rabbi of Berlin. Hirschel’s uncle was the celebrated Rabbi Jacob Emden.