History


History by Periods, War and Peace, Revolutions.



3 subcategories
Crusades

CRUSADES

French Revolution 1789

FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789

Napoleon Bonaparte

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

4,327 photos
Glass tumbler (c 1850) - yellow mordant, white cut
Abraham and the three angels: probably by
Friedrich Egermann who invented the yellow mordant.
From Bohemia
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Glass tumbler (c 1850) - yellow mordant, white cut Abraham and the three angels:...

Ornamental plate (c 1900) - ceramics                   
Center: The Exodus. Hebrew inscription "Passover,      
Mazza, Maror", surrounded by vines.                    
From France. 37 cm across.                             
Inv. 372
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Ornamental plate (c 1900) - ceramics Center: The Exodus. Hebr...

Ornamental plate - ceramics painted with gold rim      
Center: Samson tearing down the pillars of the temple  
Hebrew inscription - from Bohemia - diameter 30 cm     
Inv. 374
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Ornamental plate - ceramics painted with gold rim Center: Samson tearing d...

Moses and the Ten Commandments (c 1900) - oil on canvas
Misrach (prayer panel) in the form of a neo-Gothic     
Altar                                                  
Inv. 718
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Moses and the Ten Commandments (c 1900) - oil on canvas Misrach (prayer panel) i...

David playing the Harp for King Saul; 1896             
Oil on canvas                                          
Size: 126 x 235                                        
Inv. 1626
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David playing the Harp for King Saul; 1896 Oil on canvas...

Passover Feast in Russia, 1949 - oil on cardboard      
Size: 43 x 56 cm                                       
Inv. 1632                                              
                                                       
(1949)
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Passover Feast in Russia, 1949 - oil on cardboard Size: 43 x 56 cm...

The "Altneuschul" in Prague, Europe's oldest synagogue,
built around 1270. On the right the Jewish townhall,   
18th century, with a clock with Hebrew figures showing 
the time counter-clockwise.
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The "Altneuschul" in Prague, Europe's oldest synagogue, built around 1270. On th...

Gothic portal of "Alteneuschul" in Prague, Europe's    
oldest synagogue. A tree of life in the tympanon.      
1270
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Gothic portal of "Alteneuschul" in Prague, Europe's oldest synagogue. A tree...

Tree of life in the tympanon of the "Altneuschul"      
in Prague, Europe's oldest synagogue. 1270
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Tree of life in the tympanon of the "Altneuschul" in Prague, Europe's olde...

Interior of the "Altneuschul" in Prague, Europe's      
oldest synagogue. Gothic vaults; the huge banner of    
the Prague Jewish community. The right to wear their   
own, individual banner was bestowed on the Prague      
Jews by Emperor Karl IV in 1358.
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Interior of the "Altneuschul" in Prague, Europe's oldest synagogue. Gothic...

The Torah-shrine, where Torah-rolls are kept behind    
a courtain. "Altneuschul" in Prague, Europe's oldest   
synagogue, 1270.
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The Torah-shrine, where Torah-rolls are kept behind a courtain. "Altneuschul...

Sukkah, a room or building in which the Jewish         
Thanksgiving festival is celebrated. This painted      
sukkah is from Fischach, Germany, and depicts daily    
life in the village, interspersed with pictures of     
a visionary Jerusalem.   Early 19th
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Sukkah, a room or building in which the Jewish Thanksgiving festival is...