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Buying a Newspaper
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Jacob Epstein, “Buying a Newspaper,” from Hutchins Hapgood’s The Spirit of the Ghetto: Studies of the Jewish Quarter in New York. Epstein was best-known for his sculptures, but he also created the…

Contributor:

Jacob Epstein

Places:

New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)

Date:

1902

Subjects:

Art, Cities, Jewish quarters, Jewish languages, Modernity

Categories:

Cartooning & graphic art
Drawing of man buying a newspaper from a young boy with other men in the background.
Printer’s Mark
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The press of Solomon Proops was one of the most prolific and well-known Hebrew presses in eighteenth-century Europe. The printer’s mark used by Proops (which does not appear on all his works) depicts…

Contributor:

Solomon Proops

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1730

Subjects:

Print, Profession, Jewish languages, Cities

Categories:

Print & book culture, Decorative arts
Print of two hands with fingers in "V" shapes beneath a crown surrounded by decorative motifs.