MONTEFIORE, E.L.
[Portrait of Sir Moses Montefiore].
1819.
Eliezer Levi Montefiore (1820-1894) was a businessman, etcher and gallery director born in the West Indies. His mother Hanna was cousin of the philanthropist, Sir Moses Montefiore. Levi Montefiore was educated in England. Although not a professional artist, throughout his life he was a great supporter of the arts - helping to found the Victorian Academy of Art and becoming a trustee of the Melbourne Public Library, Museums and National Gallery. In 1874 he became one of the original trustees for administering the funds for the National Art Gallery of New South Wales, which opened in 1880. He also illustrated the catalogues of the gallery with his etchings of the principal pictures in 1883-93. Montefiore was elected a member of the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1875 and served as director of the gallery in 1892-94.
Etching and drypoint on paper, laid on card; signed in the etched image and in pencil by the artist, some browning to paper; plate size: 26 x 19.3, paper size: 44 x 29 cm.
Scottish National Portrait Gallery (Print Room) UP M 175.
Stock code 117549
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[Portrait of Sir Moses Montefiore].
[BRITISH MANDATE]. SAMUEL, Herbert.
Palestine. Report of The High Commissioner of the Administration of Palestine, 1920-1925.
1925.
Report to the Secretary of State for the Colonies by Herbert Samuel, The High Commissioner of Palestine at the time.
£575.00
[ZIONISM].
Zionisten-Congress in Basel
1898.
The First Zionist Congress Official Protocol, a key document of early Zionist history.
£750.00
SZYK, Arthur.
Visual history of Israel.
1948.
Colour lithograph signed by Arthur Szyk, printed in New York in 1948.
£300.00
HERZL, Theodor.
The Congress Addresses of Theodor Herzl.
1917.
First English edition of this collection of six addresses by Herzl to the Zionist Congresses.
£1,250.00
[BRITISH MANDATE].
Two Proclamation Posters.
1 September 1929.
The posters were the British Mandatory authorities' first response to the 1929 riots, featuring a sweeping accusation against the Arabs for initiating the violence (an accusation they retracted just hours later).
£1,950.00
SZYK, Arthur (illustrator); COHEN, Samuel (composer).
Hatikvah Music Box.
[c. 1948].
Wooden music box playing 'Hatikvah' with Szyk's colour lithograph titled 'The visual history of Israel', from the 'Visual history of nations' series, to its front. The series of nine works dating from 1945 to 1949 was commissioned by Kasimir Bileski (1908-2005), a Canadian philatelist and entrepreneur.
£800.00