Bernard Picart Gallery

Rajput of Rajgarh

3790384 Rajput of Rajgarh by Menpes, Mortimer Ludington (1855-1938); (add.info.: Rajput of Rajgarh, a ruler of Rajgarh, a princely state in India during the British Raj. The rulers of Rajgarh State were Rajputs of the Ponwar (Umat) clan.(Australian artist Mortimer Menpes 1855 - 1938)
Durbar by Dorothy Menpes Illustrated by Mortimer Menpes, published by Adam and Charles Black, 1903. p. 186); Lebrecht History

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Solemn Inauguration of the Pontificate " Adoration of the Pope on the Great

ELD4898890 Solemn Inauguration of the Pontificate " Adoration of the Pope on the Great Altar of St. Peter, Vatican" (Papal Inauguration: Worshiping of the pope over the great altar of St Peter) Engraving from " Illustration of religious ceremonies and customs of all the peoples of the world" by Bernard Picart (1723-1743) 1819 Private collection by Picart, Bernard (1673-1733); (add.info.: Solemn Inauguration of the Pontificate " Adoration of the Pope on the Great Altar of St. Peter, Vatican" (Papal Inauguration: Worshiping of the pope over the great altar of St Peter) Engraving from " Illustration of religious ceremonies and customs of all the peoples of the world" by Bernard Picart (1723-1743) 1819 Private collection); Photo A© The Holbarn Archive; French, out of copyright

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Nuptial ceremony of Portuguese Jews in Amsterdam, 1723 (engraving)

695003 Nuptial ceremony of Portuguese Jews in Amsterdam, 1723 (engraving) by Picart, Bernard (1673-1733); Private Collection; (add.info.: Traditional aspects of a Jewish wedding are depicted here; the veiled bride seated beneath the wedding canopy (chuppah or huppah) and the breaking of a glass by the groom; Illustration from the first volume of CA©rA©monies et Coutumes Religieuses de tous les peuples du monde by A. Moubach, published in Amsterdam between 1723 and 1743; Amsterdam was the centre of the thriving Dutch Jewish community from the 16th century onwards and consisted initially of Marranos and Sephardim who had been expelled from Spain and Portugal; later a large Ashkenazi community developed;); French, out of copyright

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