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Subject: Rabbi Leib Rabinowitz (dressed in tallit, tefillin, and holding holy book)
Photographer / Studio: Garabed Krikorian (G. Krikorian)
Studio Location: Jerusalem (Ottoman Palestine)
Format: Cabinet Card Portrait Photograph
Era: Late 19th Century / Early 20th Century (Ottoman Period)
Category: Judaica / Historical Holy Land Photography
Inscriptions: Pencil note on back reads "Leibe Rabinowitz (Maybe)"
Description
Rare Antique Judaica Cabinet Card Photograph – Rabbi Leib Rabinowitz
Studio: G. Krikorian, Jerusalem
An exceptional and historically significant late 19th-century cabinet card photograph depicting Rabbi Leib Rabinowitz. Captured seated in full traditional religious attire wearing a tallit, tefillin, and holding a sacred book.
This portrait was taken at the renowned studio of Garabed Krikorian, one of Jerusalem’s pioneer professional photographer studios during the Ottoman period.
Details & Identification:
Front: Original embossed studio gold border detailing "G. Krikorian" and "Jerusalem".
Back: Features a handwritten vintage pencil note reading "Leibe Rabinowitz (Maybe)", along with remnants of the studio's decorative backing emblem.
Condition Notes:
Classic age toning and heavy patina typical of late 19th-century paper ephemera.
Moderate edge and corner wear with paper loss along the bottom front edge and back cardboard surface layer.
Image remains distinct and visible.
L13-14
