Auction 63 - Rare and Important Items
Jewish Wedding Officiated by Rabbi Solomon Hirschell, Rabbi of London – Watercolor Drawing – London, Early 19th Century
Opening: $2,500
Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000
Sold for: $8,125
Including buyer's premium
Aquarelle drawing of a wedding officiated by Rabbi Solomon Hirschell Berliner, Rabbi of London. [London, ca.1820s].
A colorful drawing, rich in details, depicting a wedding ceremony of a Jewish couple in "Horder's Rooms" in London. Rabbi Solomon Hirschell appears in the center, with the groom and bride under the Huppah, and around them the guests: couples talking, groups of playing children and women drying their tears.
Beneath the drawing is a caption in English: "On Thursday the 9th of May – were married at Horder's Rooms, Minories, by the Rev'd Solomon Hirschell, Samuel Hellut [?] Israel of St. Mary Axe, Shoemakers Row & Bridge St. Blackfriars… & the truly amiable & highly accomplished Miss Fanny Desymond".
The Gaon, Rabbi Solomon Hirschell Berliner (1762-1842), Rabbi of Prenzlau (Poland), was the son of R. Tzvi Hirsch, rabbi of Berlin, and great-grandson of R. Tzvi Hirsch Ashkenazi, the Chacham Tzvi. He succeeded his father as rabbi of the Ashkenazi community of London and England from 1802 until his death in 1842.
Approx. 31X22 cm, attached to passé-par tout at the right margin (with adhesive tape). Good-fair condition. Stains (some caused by the passé-par tout). Tears at margins (no damage to drawing), adhesive tape on back. Strip of paper pasted to the bottom margin of the leaf.
A colorful drawing, rich in details, depicting a wedding ceremony of a Jewish couple in "Horder's Rooms" in London. Rabbi Solomon Hirschell appears in the center, with the groom and bride under the Huppah, and around them the guests: couples talking, groups of playing children and women drying their tears.
Beneath the drawing is a caption in English: "On Thursday the 9th of May – were married at Horder's Rooms, Minories, by the Rev'd Solomon Hirschell, Samuel Hellut [?] Israel of St. Mary Axe, Shoemakers Row & Bridge St. Blackfriars… & the truly amiable & highly accomplished Miss Fanny Desymond".
The Gaon, Rabbi Solomon Hirschell Berliner (1762-1842), Rabbi of Prenzlau (Poland), was the son of R. Tzvi Hirsch, rabbi of Berlin, and great-grandson of R. Tzvi Hirsch Ashkenazi, the Chacham Tzvi. He succeeded his father as rabbi of the Ashkenazi community of London and England from 1802 until his death in 1842.
Approx. 31X22 cm, attached to passé-par tout at the right margin (with adhesive tape). Good-fair condition. Stains (some caused by the passé-par tout). Tears at margins (no damage to drawing), adhesive tape on back. Strip of paper pasted to the bottom margin of the leaf.
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