![[The Polish Exile]](jpegs/43826.jpg)
[The Polish Exile]Der Polnische Verbannte. Weit enfernt vom theuren Vaterlande, / Weit bin ich von Dir, o tre'ster Freund! [...]
[Anon., c.1820]
Etching with hand-colouring and letterpress, scarce, sheet 280 x 220mm (11 x 8½").
Songsheet, with German-language text, about 'The Polish Exile'. After 1795, when Poland became part of the Russian Empire, official policy towards Jews became substantially harsher than it had been under independent Polish rule, causing large-scale movements of Jews within and beyond the Empire.
[Ref: 43826] £240.00
Etching with hand-colouring and letterpress, scarce, sheet 280 x 220mm (11 x 8½").
Songsheet, with German-language text, about 'The Polish Exile'. After 1795, when Poland became part of the Russian Empire, official policy towards Jews became substantially harsher than it had been under independent Polish rule, causing large-scale movements of Jews within and beyond the Empire.
[Ref: 43826] £240.00