Date: 1794 Country: England City: London
David Levi (1742–1801) the translator and printer of this Haggadah was born in London to impoverished Ashkenazi parents. Levi found his calling, however, in the world of Hebrew scholarship and printing. Self-educated, Levi realized how little both Jews and Christians in eighteenth-century England knew about Judaism and resolved to explain and defend his faith. This rare volume is the first separate printing of the David Levi’s translation of the Haggadah into English.
Collection ID: CAT_023
Date: 1930 Country: England City: London
This Haggadah was designed by the Anglo-Jewish artist Albert Rutherston (1881-1953). Rutherston was closely associated with some of the greatest names of 20th-century English arts and an influential member of the renowned Bloomsbury Group.
Collection ID: CAT_062
Date: 1940 Country: England City: London
PRINTED ENTIRELY ON VELLUM, NUMBER 22 OF 125 NUMBERED COPIES A masterpiece of illustration with brilliant multi-layers of illumination and color as well as themes and subthemes. Highly original artwork by the famed graphic artist and book illustrator, Arthur Szyk.
Collection ID: CAT_064
Date: 1966 Country: England City: Paris and London
Haggadah for Passover Illustrated by Ben Shahn, Historical Notes by Cecil Roth Paris and London: Trianon Press, 1966 Lithuanian-born graphic artist Ben Shahn (1898-1969) originally created many of the illustrations for this Haggadah around 1930, while working on a pictorial representation of the Dreyfus case and producing his celebrated series of paintings of the Sacco and Vanzetti trial. Shahn’s Haggadah illustrations, like those for his secular works, highlight the struggle against oppression, a theme central to the story of Passover. In 1965 Shahn reproduced these Passover drawings, which had already been acquired by the Jewish Museum, incorporating them into this extraordinary Haggadah. In the introduction, Shahn says of his Haggadah that "it reflects my memories of the Passover in my father's house. It reflects my early impressions and feelings; the images that were always invoked in my fancy by the majestic and meaningful ritual." Signed Limited edition – this copy No. M of 16 copies numbered K to Z
Collection ID: CAT_077
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