Hebrew Scribe

© Dorothy Kehaya

Hebrew Scribe

Currently not on view

Hebrew Scribe,

ca. 1950

Dorothy Kehaya, American, born 1925
x1990-215

Information

Title
Hebrew Scribe
Dates

ca. 1950

Maker
Dorothy Kehaya
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
16.5 x 24.3 cm. (6 1/2 x 9 9/16 in.) mount: 28.1 x 35.7 cm (11 1/16 x 14 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Harriet Dyer Adams
Object Number
x1990-215
Inscription
On recto, lower right of print, in pencil: "Dorothea Kehaya" On verso, upper left, in pencil: "Hebrew scribe repairs scrolls; has own small shop - religious items"
Culture
American
Type
photographs, black-and-white photographs
Subject
scribes, portraits, men

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