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After Fowles, Joseph 'The Jews Synagogue, Sydney', copper plate…
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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
15-Jun-2008
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After Fowles, Joseph 'The Jews Synagogue, Sydney', copper plate engraving from 'Sydney in 1848 From Drawings by Joseph Fowles; 17.5 x 22.5 cm, the Following Explanation Accompanied This Image in the Original Publication: Jewish Synagogue.--At Length the Hebrews Became So Respectable a Portion of the Community, That It Was Thought Necessary to Erect a New Synagogue, Subscriptions Lists Were Opened, and to Which Many Names, Belonging to Various Denominations of Christians, Were Added, Displaying a Liberality Rarely to Be Met with Even in England, and in a Short Time Upwards of Two Thousand Pounds Were Collected, and the Present Chaste and Classic Edifice, Represented in the Annexed Plate, Was Erected, the Hebrews According to the Census of 1846, Numbered in Sydney (603), Six Hundred and Three, and in the Colony (1086), One Thousand and Eighty-Six, Since Which Period Their Numbers Have Been Considerably Augmented. Isaac Levy, Esq., Is Now Their President; Elias Moses, Esq., Treasurer; Mr. Jacob Isaacs, Reader, Etc. and Mr. George Moss, Secretary, the Erection of This Building Was Attended at First by Many Difficulties, Which Have Been Happily Surmounted, by the Incessant Efforts of a Mere Handful of People, After Several Ineffectual Attempts, Grants of Land Were Applied For and Obtained From the Government, But the Authorised Sites Were Never Accepted, in Consequence of Their Inconvenience. at Length on the 3rd of November, 1841, the Present Site Was Purchased at a Public Sale, For and on Behalf of the Congregation, and Vested in the Names of Several Trustees. A Building Committee Having Been Appointed, a Plan Presented by Mr. Hume Was Approved Of, and the Present Beautiful Building Was Erected, at a Cost of Three Thousand Six Hundred Pounds. It Was Opened For the Performance of Divine Worship After the Hebrew Form, in the Presence of a Numerous Congregation, on the 2nd of April, 1844, the Consecration Service Being Performed in a Most Efficient Manner by Mr. Isaacs, the Reader, Assisted by Mr. Solomon Phillips and Others
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Art: Prints - Engravings, Lithographs etc