Synagogue, Dukes Place, Houndsditch.

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $150

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

author

(ANGLO-JUDAICA).

Place

London, 1809.

Description

Hand-colored engraving by Thomas Rowlandson, extracted from Ackermann’s “The Microcosm of London.” * Three copies.

references

Alfred Rubens, A Jewish Iconography nos. 784.

summary

Dedicated September 18, 1722, and enlarged in 1766, the Great Synagogue located in Dukes Place was the chief Aschkenazic synagogue in London for over two centuries. It was consumed by fire during the German aerial bombardment of London on May 11, 1941.

11.5 x 10 (29 x 25.4 cm). Framed.

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