"The Western Wall", etching by Ephraim Moses Lilien. [1908].
Signed in pencil; signed in the plate.
Large, splendid etching by Ephraim Moses Lilien, presenting Jews at prayer at the Western Wall. The wall appears engraved with names and inscriptions. In the foreground of the etching is the figure of an elderly Yemenite Jew, facing the Western Wall. The artist twice signed his name, once in the plate, in the lower left corner, in Latin script, and once again in Hebrew, as an inscription on one of the stones of the Western Wall.
Printed underneath the etching is an additional, small illustration by Lilien, showing the biblical character Cain plowing in the field; a somewhat different rendering of this illustration was printed in 1908 as part of a series of illustrations for the Book of Genesis.
Hand-signed by Lilien in the margin, in the lower right.

35X51 cm. Frame: 71.5X87 cm. Good condition. Several light stains.