Sujet

The Firing and Sacking of the Synagogue, 1857. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Firing and Sacking of the Synagogue, 1857. Scene from "Master Walter, the Physician. A Tale of Old London": ' "They have fired the Synagogue"...[Muriel] said quietly, " and it will be our turn next...When the sun rose on the morning following that eventful night the ruins of the Synagogue and of the best houses in the quarter, and the dead bodies of 700 Jews, bore witness to the fervent zeal of the Christian mob'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23A75_283

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NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

26,8Mo (1,9Mo) / 32,3cm x 20,8cm / 3819 x 2452 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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