Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica

Exhibition of Jewish Art and Antiquities
(212 words)

Imprint

London, United Kingdom, 1906. 95 pp., no illustrations, 10.5 × 18 cm. English.

Location

Whitechapel Art Gallery (7 November–16 December 1906)

Description

Monumental exhibition of Judaica objects based on the idea and division of the Anglo-Jewish exhibit of 1887 [#6, #7]. Includes ceremonial objects from London synagogues and private homes, rare books and manuscripts, portraits and prints pertaining to English Jewish history, and the previously-unrepresented category “Works of contemporary Jewish artists” (mostly, but not exclusively, English). Includes synagogue objects from the Sassoon Collection, books and manuscripts from the Adler and Gaster collections, and prints from the Israel Solomons Collection. Brief descriptions. 1,688 items.

Description

For a reduced version of this exhibition, see #54.

main keywords

CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
ENGLAND
HEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
JEWISH ARTISTS
LONDON
PAINTINGS
PORTRAITS
PRINTED BOOKS
PRINTS
SYNAGOGUE TEXTILES
SYNAGOGUES
TORAH ORNAMENTS

minor keywords

Amulets
Besamim
Book bindings
Boxers, professional
Challah covers
Chuppah
Coins
Drawings/Sketches
Etrog containers
Haggadot, illuminated manuscripts
Hanukkah lamps
Havdalah plates
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bohemia-Moravia & Germany, 17th–19th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Iraq
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Italy, 15th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Italy, 17th–19th C
Historical documents
Holy Land travelogues/itineraries
Keter Torah
Keys
Kiddush cups
Levite sets
London
Medals
Menasseh ben Israel
Mezuzah cases
Minhagim books
Mizrach
Montefiore, Moses
Painters, Jewish
Paintings
Pesach plates
Portraits, rabbis
Prayerbooks/Mahzors
Prints, Jewish customs & ceremonies
Prints, synagogues
Purim plates
Reader’s desk covers
Rimmonim
Samplers (needlework)
Scrolls of Esther, cases
Scrolls of Esther, illuminated
Seals/Stamps, rings
Shabbat cloths/tablecloths
Shabbat lamps
Synagogue lamps
Synagogue trowels
Synagogues, architectural plans
Synagogues, England
Synagogues, London
Tass
Tefillin bags
Tefillin cases
Tobacco/Snuff boxes
Tombstones, Iraq
Torah Ark curtains
Torah Arks, miniature
Torah binders
Torah mantles
Wedding rings
Writing implements
Yad
Yahrzeit/Memorial lamps
Yom Kippur at Metz wall hanging

Cite this page
“Exhibition of Jewish Art and Antiquities”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 30 May 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC0018>
First published online: 2019



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