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Auction 32 · Lot 298
Great Synagogue, Interior. By Rowlandson, extracted from The Microcosm of London
- Estimate
- $300–$500
- Hammer price
- $200
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(ANGLO-JUDAICA)
Place
London, 1809
Description
Tinted engraving. Framed
references
Rubens, p. 77, no. 784
summary
Dedicated September 18, 1722, and enlarged in 1766, the Great Synagogue in Dukes Place remained for over two centuries the chief Aschkenazic synagogue in London. It was consumed by fire during the German aerial bombardment of London on May 11, 1941. See P. Renton, The Lost Synagogues of London (2000), pp. 30-38
8 x 10 inches
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