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Auction 2 · Lot 147

Half-length portrait within oval, wearing skull-cap,and canonicals. Titled below.

Estimate
$1,500–$2,000
Hammer price
$3,500

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(RAPHALL, MORRIS J).

Place

New York, P. Haas, 1850.

Description

Small tear to upper left corner, light stain on upper right corner, linen-backed

references

A. J. Karp, Judaic Treasures from the Library of Congress (1991) p. 313 (illustrated); not in Rubens

summary

Rare portrait of this controversial American Rabbi. Infamous (if misunderstood) for his apparant pro-slavery stance.
345x505 mm sheet size.
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