Kiev, Expulsion of the Jews - Original Wood Engraving - 1881
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Original wood engraving, Kieff (Russia). The expulsion of the Slavic Jews: Jewish families leaving their homes, with the groups crowded together beside their bundles and the domes of Kiev behind, watched by sentries. From La Ilustración Española y Americana, with printed text on the back.
Original wood engraving, Kieff (Russia). The expulsion of the Slavic Jews: Jewish families leaving their homes, with the groups crowded together beside their bundles and the domes of Kiev behind, watched by sentries. From La Ilustración Española y Americana, with printed text on the back.
The assassination of Tsar Alexander II in March 1881 set off a wave of pogroms across Ukraine; the one in Kiev, in April of that year, was among the most violent and caused the mass flight the print records.
Medium: Wood engraving.
Date: Circa 1881.
Source: La Ilustración Española y Americana.
Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.0 in (25 x 17.7 cm).
Condition: Good. Toned paper, with printed text on the back as usual for a magazine leaf.
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Original wood engraving, Kieff (Russia). The expulsion of the Slavic Jews: Jewish families leaving their homes, with the groups crowded together beside their bundles and the domes of Kiev behind, watched by sentries. From La Ilustración Española y Americana, with printed text on the back.