Gedolei Yisrael, print with portraits of rabbinic figures. Warsaw: Moshe Danzigerkrohn, [ca. late 19th century].
Portraits of 43 rabbis, public figures, scholars and physicians, most from Germany, Poland, England and France, including: Sir Moses Montefiore; R. Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer, the Ktav Sofer; R. Shimshon Refael Hirsch; R. Yaakov Ettlinger, the Aruch LaNer; R. Yaakov Tzvi Mecklenburg, Rabbi of Königsberg; R. Nachum of Grodno; R. Eliyahu Guttmacher of Greiditz; R. Nathan Adler, Rabbi of London; R. Dov Ber Meisels, Rabbi of Warsaw; R. Wolf Heidenheim; R. Isaac Bernays of Hamburg; R. Akiva Lehren of Amsterdam; R. Elchanan Rosenstein of Berlin; Jonah Jeitteles of Prague; R. Tuviah HaRofe of Metz; and many others (Hebrew captions below portraits).
On margins, name and address of printer, in Hebrew and Russian, and censor's approval (lacking date).
Approx. 22X22 cm. Matted: approx. 40X48 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears and open tears, affecting frame and margins of engraving, repaired with paper.
Rare
. Not recorded in NLI or WorldCat. The lithograph (not matted) was previously auctioned by Kedem, Auction 93, Lot 40.
