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Goose-market in Cracow, undated

 Item — Box: JHC Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection Box 1, Folder: 1, Item: 1

Collection Overview

From the Collection:

Depicts crowds of people at the goose-market in Cracow, Poland, ca. 1860s. Hasidic Jew with payos and streimel in foreground is bending over to pick up a goose (from a group of geese); man (possibly a vendor) with long white beard leans against a wagon and smokes a pipe. Two children (one barefoot) walk in the right foreground. Several women in background carry baskets; man dressed in suit and top hat also visible. Streets appear to be laden with straw; two-story building in background has thatched roof. Artist signature (A. Schonn 1869) appears in bottom left corner of engraving. This print of the 1869 engraving has a paper with artist and engraver information pasted on the back.

Dates

  • Creation: undated

Creator

Language of Material

From the Collection:

Materials in English.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 1 folder (1 art reproduction) : engraving, b&w ; 19 cm., on 23 cm. cardboard.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

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