Solomon Joseph Solomon, High Tea in the Sukkah, Ink, graphite, and gouache on paper, 1906
Bio:
British, 1860-1927
Title:
High Tea in the Sukkah
Date:
1906
Medium:
Ink, graphite, and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
16 1/8 × 12 in. (41 × 30.5 cm)
Credit Line:
Gift of Edward J. Sovatkin
Accession Number:
JM 91-55

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In this drawing of Dr. Hermann Adler, the Chief Rabbi of Great Britain, in his sukkah, the artist has represented the adaptation of English custom to the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. This harvest festival marks the time when the children of Israel were commanded to live in a sukkah (booth) for seven days in remembrance of their liberation from Egypt. The holiday was revitalized in England with the large immigration of Easter European Jews at the end of the nineteenth century. Tradition and acculturation coexist in Solomon J. Solomon's painting, as Jews with uncovered heads and the chief rabbi accommodate each other's ways.

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