The Brethren of Joseph, a print created by A. Manceau after a painting by the French artist Horace Vernet (signed in the plate). Published by Goupil & Co. (with American copyright information), Berlin, New-York, 1855.
Large print, of good quality, depicting the sale of Joseph. Titled in English (The Brethren of Joseph) and French (Joseph Vendu par ses Frères).
Leaf 77X92.5 cm (thick paper). Fair condition. Stains. Flaking. Rough tears (a 31 cm long tear at upper part of leaf). Tears at margins fastened with adhesive tape.

Bird's Eye View of Holy Jerusalem. Chromo-lithograph. Odessa, [1908].
A colorful chromo-lithograph printed for pilgrims from Odessa. In front - the Dome of the Rock, behind the wall of the Old City of Jerusalem, and in the background appear houses of the Old City and the Holy Sites. Captions (in Russian) appear on the lower part, describing selected sites depicted in the illustration. Title of the lithograph appears in the margins, in Russian, English and French.
71X48 cm, framed: 90.5X68 cm. Good condition. Breaks to frame. Unexamined out of frame.
Provenance: Collection of Willy Lindwer.

Colorful (naïve) illustration of the Western Wall, attributed to Yosef Zvi Geiger. [Safed, turn of the 20th century].
A colorful illustration of the Western Wall and the Holy Sites. Surrounded by a floral decoration, with illustrations of a leopard, eagle, gazelle and a lion in the four corners ("Be strong as a leopard, and swift as an eagle, and fleet as a gazelle, and brave as a lion…"). Attributed to the painter Yosef Zvi Geiger (according to the owner, the illustration comes from the estate of the artist). Unsigned.
Rabbi Yosef Zvi Geiger (1870-1944), fourth generation in Safed, worked as a scribe, author and illustrator, and was a renowned Safed artist.
Approx. 47X61 cm. Good-fair condition. Some tears, creases and stains, folding marks. Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Literature:
1. Omanut Ve-Umanut Be'Eretz Israel Ba-Mea Ha-Tesha Esreh [Arts and Crafts in Eretz Israel in the 19th century (Hebrew)], The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1979, p. 133-139.
2. Binyamin Geiger - One of Safed Elders (Hebrew), (2011), pp. 22-47.
Provenance: Collection of Willy Lindwer.

"Veakadeta Yitzchak Hayom…". Lithograph by Moshe Ben Yitzchak Mizrahi. Jerusalem, 1913.
Leaf in colorful lithographic printing.
A large lithograph, divided into three sections: depicted in the upper part is Isaac on the altar, Abraham lifting the sword and the angel grasping it; on the left - a ram whose horns are caught by a tree's branches. In the middle part - Abraham and Isaac on the way to Mount Moriah, and the boys, wearing Turkish hats and smoking a Narghile and a pipe, next to the donkey. On the lower part - Rebecca offers Eliezer, servant of Abraham, some drinking water from her jug, with ten camels behind him.
In the outer frame appear verses from the story of Isaac's binding (Genesis 22) and verses of blessing and protection - "Priestly Benediction", "G-d shall give you dew and oil…". Artist's signature appears in the lower frame: "Me, Moshe Ben Yitzchak Mizrahi Jerusalem , 1913…" (Hebrew).
Approx. 58X46 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Creases and tears, professionally restored. Some corrections with paint appear in the upper and left side margins. Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Rare and not recorded in literature dealing with works by Moshe Ben Yitzchak Mizrahi (Shah).
Exhibition: Jodendom, een boek vol verhalen, by Edward van Voolen. Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, 2011, item 64.
Provenance: Collection of Willy Lindwer.