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This illustration is from Franciscan monk Eugène Roger’s La terre saincte (The Holy Land), a comprehensive study of the Land of Israel which includes dozens of etchings depicting Jewish, Muslim, Druze…
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Eugène Roger
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Paris, Kingdom of France (Paris, France)
Date:
1646
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Born near Mumpf, Switzerland, Rachel (born Elisa-Rachel) Félix (1821–1858) was a prominent French actress. Her parents worked as peddlers, and, as a child, she performed music alongside her sister…
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Artist Unknown
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Paris, Kingdom of France (Paris, France)
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ca. 1848
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A depiction of a Jew from Lorraine, engraved by Sébastien Leclerc in Paris. The antisemitic inscription, which alludes to the Jewish man having acquired wealth by deceptive means, is a rhymed couplet…
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Sébastien Leclerc
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Paris, Kingdom of France (Paris, France)
Date:
1664
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La reine de Chypre (The Queen of Cyprus) is a grand opera in five acts, first performed in Paris in 1841. It is regarded as one of the greatest works of the composer Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie…
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Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy
Places:
Paris, Kingdom of France (Paris, France)
Date:
1841