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    Artist

  • Rosenzweig, Adam, 1826-1908

    • Title

  • [Wood engravings by A. Rosenzweig]

    • Other Title(s)

  • Holzschnitte von A. Rosenzweig

  • Physical Description

    Bound album with slipcase : 125 wood engravings ; 43 pages : 9.2" x 11.8" , 23.3 x 30 centimeters

  • Date

    circa 1845-1863

  • Summary

    A leather bound album with slipcase containing 125 wood engravings mounted on 43 pages. Subject matters include book illustrations, autographs, plants, military scenes, portraits, buildings, machines, toys, medals; also included are 41 samples of signatures of various people; as are sights in Kassel and a map with the route from Frankfurt to Kassel. Some engravings are captioned with dates.

  • Subject

    Signatures (Writing); Botanical illustration; Printing; Buildings in art; Illustration of books

  • Medium

    Silhouettes; Albums; Prints; Wood engravings

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Biographical/Historical Information

The artist and learned wood-engraver Adam Rosenzweig (1826-1908) was brother of Franz Rosenzweig’s grandfather Louis Rosenzweig. In his youth in Kassel, Franz Rosenzweig learned much about Judaism from his granduncle Adam.

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Citation

Rosenzweig, Adam: [Wood engravings by A. Rosenzweig], Leo Baeck Institute, 79.474.