Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
The Making of the Coffin. |
Date |
1993 |
Scope & Content |
Postcard of an oil painting "The Making of the Coffin" at the Jewish Museum in Prague, Czech Republic. Color print of oil painting on canvas in upper two thirds of postcard. The lower third of the postcard is white with black script: museum logo at right, title and date of the painting (circa 1772). in English and Czech at left. Verso: no manuscript, no postmark, no stamp, publication and copyright statement printed on bottom left in Czech. One in a series of 21 postcards included in a packet from the State Jewish Museum in Prague titled "The Cycle of Paintings of the Prague Burial Society". This is the eleventh painting in the cycle. |
Object Name |
Postcard |
Collection |
Postcard Collection |
Catalog Number |
2013.056.001.m |
Search Terms |
Burial Practice Art Europe Death Dying Jewish |