Antique G Krikorian Jerusalem Photo Rabbi Leib Rabinowitz Judaica Cabinet Card For Sale

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