Auction 53 · Lot 325
Half-length portrait of Rabbi Morris Jacob Raphall wearing skull-cap and canonicals. Lithograph by F. D'Avignon. Titled below.
- Estimate
- $1,500–$2,000
- Hammer price
- $1,800
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(AMERICAN JUDAICA).
Place
New York, P. Haas, 1850.
Description
Small tear to upper left corner, light stain on upper right corner, linen-backed
summary
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.
14 x 20 inches.
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