Sounding the horn at the Jewish new year service. Engraving with etching after B. Picart, 17--.
- Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733.
- Date:
- [between 1700 and 1799]
- Reference:
- 766750i
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About this work
Description
This rite was performed in Holland, where the design of the plate representig this ceremony was drawn from life
The ceremony is Rosh Hashanah and the horn is called the Shofar
Publication/Creation
[London] : [publisher not identified], [between 1700 and 1799]
Physical description
1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 10 x 15.2 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Sounding the horn on new year's day.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 766750i
Reproduction note
After a plate in an edition of: B. Picart, The ceremonies and religious customs of the various nations of the known world, together with historical annotations, and several discourses equally instructive and entertaining. London, 1733-1736
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Location Status Access Closed stores