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    Artist

  • Hensel, Wilhelm, 1794-1861

    • Title

  • Abraham Mendelssohn-Bartholdy : drawing with inscription / by Wilhelm Hensel

    • Other Title(s)

  • Abraham Mendelssohn-Bartholdy / gezeichnet von Wilhelm Hensel

  • Physical Description

    1 photograph : black-and-white reproduction

  • Date

    undated

  • Summary

    Drawing of Abraham Mendelssohn-Bartholdy by Wilhelm Hensel; with inscription

  • Depicted

    Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Abraham, 1776-1835

  • Subject

    Portraits, Men; Bankers; Drawing

  • Genre

    Photographs

  • Part Of

    Wilhelm Hensel Collection, AR 314

  • Accession Number

  • URL

Biographical/Historical Information

Abraham Mendelssohn (1776-1835) was a son of Moses Mendelssohn. Abraham and his brother Joseph were the directors of the banking firm ‘Bankhaus Mendelssohn’. In 1822, Abraham Mendelssohn and his wife Lea née Salomon converted to Protestantism and took on the surname Bartholdy. They had four children, amongst them the composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, the musician Fanny Hensel, and the banker Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy.

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Citation

Abraham Mendelssohn-Bartholdy : drawing with inscription / by Wilhelm Hensel, Leo Baeck Institute, F 2801F.