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Leon Schwarzbach (Ukraine), Illustration of Solomons Temple in Jerusalem, Lithograph, Circa 1910-20, Judaica. - Leon Schwarzbach (Ukraine), Illustration of Solomons Temple in Jerusalem, Lithograph, Circa 1910-20, Judaica. Also known as Aryeh Leib Schwarzbach. 52.5x41.5cm. Minor tears to bottom and right margins. The illustration, which took Leon (Aryeh Leib) Schwarzbach 9 years to create, shows Tedi Gate and Kapinos Gate, the fence on the west and the left, the Kidron River and more. It is surrounded by verses and passages describing the Third Temple descent from the Heavens. The verses discuss the importance of studying the laws of the Holy Temple. Chronogrom at bottom indicating 1910. On the left are verses and passages from Chazal regarding the importance of yearning for the Third Holy Temple, with the printed signature of the artist on the bottom Aryeh Leib Schwarzbuch of Skalam, Galicia in Osterreich.