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Jacob I. Cohen

Miniature portrait on ivory of Jacob I. Cohen (1744-1823), ca. 1780, by Abraham (ca.1750-1806) or Joseph (ca.1760-1803) Daniel. Cohen was…

Portrait of Rachel Gratz Etting

Greyscale watercolor side-profile miniature portrait of Rachel Gratz Etting (1764-1831). She wears a black dress and a white bonnet tied…

Jacob Glushakow

Oil on canvas self portrait painting of Jacob Glushakow (1914-2000), c. 1935-1950. Born into a large Jewish Baltimore family, he…

Verda Welcome interview

Verda Mae Freeman Welcome (1907-1990) was a public school teacher, civil rights activist, and one of the first Black women…

Barbara Katz

Three-quarter length portrait of Barbara Pollock Katz (1934-2022) by Maryland artist Sam Robinson. Barbara Katz Served as President of the…

Maria I. Cohen

Oil on paper on board portrait painting of “Maria I. Cohen” (1794-1834), ca. 1815-1820, by Joseph Wood. Maria was one…

Shinah Solomon Etting

Oil on canvas portrait painting of “Shinah Solomon Etting” (1744-1822), ca. 1813, by John Wesley Jarvis. Shinah was born in…

Jacob I. Cohen

Oil on panel portrait painting of “Jacob I. Cohen” (1744-1823), ca. 1800, by Charles Willson Peale. The Cohen family has…

Mendes I. Cohen

Oil on canvas portrait painting of Mendes Israel Cohen (1796-1879), ca. 1835-1840, by an unknown artist. Cohen was born in…