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Am Kurfürstendamm
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This rainy streetscape exemplifies the style and subject matter for which Lesser Ury is best known. The Kurfürstendamm is one of Berlin’s most storied boulevards, known for its very wide walking paths…

Contributor:

Lesser Ury

Places:

Berlin, Germany

Date:

1910

Subjects:

Art, Painting, Cities, Modernity, Dress

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Painting
Painting of city street, with woman crossing street and wagon and horse in center.
Celebratory Processional in Prague to Honor Joseph II
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A month after the birth of future Emperor Joseph II (March 13, 1741), the Jews of Prague held a festive procession in honor of the happy event. The procession, which was planned and led by the…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czechoslovakia)

Date:

1741

Subjects:

Print, Art, Cities, Dress, Class

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art, History
Print of long procession of people on horses and on foot carrying banners and trumpets, from one archway down and across the page to another archway, with German heading and text below.