Facing the New World: Jewish Portraits in Colonial and Federal America

by Professor Richard Brilliant

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A comprehensive study of American Jewish portraits created from approximately 1700 to the 1830s. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at The Jewish Museum/NYC/1997-8. In addition to works by known American artists, there are portraits by unknown folk-artists and some comparative paintings of non-Jewish subjects; plus, examples of early American drawings, silhouettes, decorative arts, and Jewish ritual objects.
  • ISBN13 9783791318639
  • Publish Date 27 October 1997
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 25 May 2001
  • Publish Country DE
  • Imprint Prestel
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 15
  • Language English