[Print of Graf von der Adelbert Recke-Volmerstein's Asylum for destitute Jews].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ford, E., (illustrator), active 1826, artist.

Recke-Volmerstein, Adelberdt, Graf von der, 1791-1878, associated name.

Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789-1850, printer.

Naomi and Henry Wahrman Judaica Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Graf Recke-Stiftung (Germany)--Art.

Graf Recke-Stiftung (Germany).

Orphanages--Germany--Düsseldorf--19th century--Art.

Orphanages.

Jewish orphans--Germany--Düsseldorf--19th century.

Jewish orphans.

Düsseltal (Germany).

Genre:

Lithographs.

Prints.

Penn Provenance:

Cohen, Simon L. (former owner) (Kislak Copy)

Physical Description:

1 print : lithograph ; 24 x 36 cm

Manufacture:

[London] : Printed by C. Hullmandel, [1826]

Other Title:

caption text: Dusselthal, in Germany: Count Von der Recke's Asylum for destitute Jews, taken on the spot 1826 ; sold for the benefit of the institution.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Print of the Dusselthal Jewish orphanage (part of the Graf Recke-Stiftung), "drawn on stone by S.A. from a sketch by E. Ford"; the asylum sits in an arbory set back from the road, with a well in the foreground; another building from the orphanage is at the side, shaded in.

Local Notes:

Kislak Copy formerly owned by Dr. Simon L. Cohen, London.

OCLC:

1429010348