J. Solis Cohen scrapbook : manuscript.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Cohen, J. Solis (Jacob Solis), 1838-1927, compiler.

Contributor:

Kaplan, Arnold Harvey, 1939- donor.

Kaplan, Deanne, donor.

Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--19th century.

Jews.

Genre:

scrapbooks.

Albums (Books)

Manuscripts, American -- 19th century.

Manuscripts, English -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Compiled by Jacob Solis Cohen (bookplate with image of hands arranged for the priestly blessing, Ex Libris Jacobi Solis Cohen, inside front cover).

Sold on eBay, 2020.

Purchased for the Penn Libraries 2020 by Arnold and Deanne Kaplan (Collectify no. 2020.04.24.00002; 13-1858).

Physical Description:

1 volume (89 leaves) : illustrations ; 41 x 31 cm + 14 loose items.

Production:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1850-circa 1861.

Biography/History:

Descendant of prominent Sephardic Jewish families, born in New York and raised in Philadelphia; medical student at Jefferson Medical College and University of Pennsylvania; assistant surgeon in both the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy during the Civil War; elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1884.

Summary:

Scrapbook of clippings, engravings (European city views and landscapes, Biblical scenes, royal portraits, sea scenes), natural history plates (especially turtles and botanical illustrations), and original cartoons, drawings, and paintings in watercolor, ink, charcoal, and pencil, by J. Solis Cohen and others. Likely compiled prior to the Civil War; dated items range from an 1852 clipping to an engraving dated 1861, with no references to the war. A cartoon with the date 1874 laid into the scrapbook is likely a later addition. Impressions from items on facing pages that do not match suggest that the leaves are not in original order. The scrapbook is heavy and in fragile condition, with both covers and most leaves detached.

Notes:

One of the loose items, a charcoal landscape that is larger than the scrapbook (44 x 30 cm), is now housed in a separate folder with the scrapbook.

Cited as:

J. Solis Cohen scrapbook (MS 56, Codex 045.1). Library at the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1354237051

Access Restriction:

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