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    Title

  • Count von der Recke's Asylum for destitute Jews : Dusselthal in Germany

  • Physical Description

    Print : lithograph ; 18.3 x 24 cm

  • Date

    1826

  • Place of Publication

    [London]

  • Publisher

    C. Hullmandel

  • Summary

    "Drawn on stone by S.A. from a sketch by E. Ford. Printed by C.Hullmandel."

    A rural setting with a well in the foreground and spacious buildings beyond a fence. The original sketch was "taken on the spot" during l826. The print was "sold for the benefit of the Institution."

  • Subject

    Charities; Orphans and orphan asylums, Germany

  • Place

    Düsseldorf (Germany)

  • Medium

    Prints; Lithographs

  • Accession Number

  • URL

Biographical/Historical Information

Count Adalbert von Recke-Volmerstein founded an orphanage and home for converts from Judaism on the grounds of a monastery in Düsseltal (a borough of Düsseldorf) in 1822.

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Citation

Count von der Recke's Asylum for destitute Jews : Dusselthal in Germany, Leo Baeck Institute, 78.598.