Keywords: AkivaEger2.jpg en Portrait of Rabbi Akiva Eger of Posen 1761-1837 ; on the back is an inscription by its original owner Rabbi Yoseph Eger of Halberstadt whose father and predecessor in the rabbinate of Halberstadt also called Akiva was a first cousin of the subject R Yoseph died in 1854; therefore the portrait must have been painted before then It is now in the collection of the Chabad Library http //www chabadlibrary org/exhibit/sample2 pdf Author < 1854 PD-old-100 Akiva Eger Male fur headgear in art Male fur clothing in art Fur collars in art Clerics with fur |