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Portrait of David Nieto
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This portrait of David Nieto was printed by James McArdell after a painting by David Esteves, London. David Nieto studied medicine in Padua and initially served as physician, preacher, and rabbinic…

Contributor:

James McArdell, David Esteves

Places:

London, Great Britain (London, United Kingdom)

Date:

ca. 1745–1765

Subjects:

Portrait, Profession, Rabbis, Philosophy, Medicine

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Portrait of a bearded man seated at desk wearing a wig and collar, holding a quill in his right hand and turning the page of book with his left hand, with bookshelf in background and globe and inkwell on desk.
Herzl Observing the Rhine from the Balcony of Hotel Les Trois Rois during the Fifth Zionist Congress in 1901 in Basel
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Ephraim Lilien’s photograph of Theodor Herzl, considered the father of modern political Zionism, depicts him staring off into the distance like a lonely prophet. The congress in Basel in 1901 was the…

Contributor:

Ephraim Moses Lilien

Places:

Basel, Switzerland

Date:

1901

Subjects:

Portrait, Philosophy, Jewish identity, Cities, Zionism

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Photography
Photograph of man leaning over a bridge.