Alfred Alvarez Newman

Alfred Alvarez Newman (1851 – 21 January 1887), also known as Alfred Abraham,[2] was an English metalworker and art collector.

Alfred Alvarez Newman
Born1851 (1851)
London, United Kingdom
Died21 January 1887(1887-01-21) (aged 35–36)
London, United Kingdom
Occupation(s)Metal craftsman, art collector, antiquary
Spouse
Theresa Dora Saunders
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(m. 1882)​
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He was the founder of the picturesque Old English Smithy on Archer Street, Haymarket, which became a place of fashionable resort during the "London season."[3] Among his clients were the Dukes of Westminster and Norfolk, the Marquis of Northampton, Louisa de Rothschild, Coutts Lindsay, and Lawrence Alma-Tadema.[4]

Newman's interests included Anglo-Jewish history and archaeology, and was the author of several papers communicated to the Society of Architects and similar bodies.[5] He possessed a unique collection of Jewish prints and tracts bearing on these subjects,[6] which was acquired by Asher Isaac Meyers after his death.[7]

Newman was an organizer of the Anglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition of 1887, at which much of his collection was exhibited after his death,[8] and was among the first to give his support to the formation of the Jewish Historical Society of England, which was afterwards founded in 1893.[9] It was due largely to Newman's efforts that a proposal to demolish the Bevis Marks Synagogue was eventually defeated.[10]

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Jacobs, Joseph; Lipkind, Goodman (1905). "Newman, Alfred Alvarez". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. pp. 293–294.

Footnotes
  1. General Register Office (September 1882). Marriages, Kensington. Vol. 1a. London. p. 394a – via FreeBMD.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. "Creditors' Notices". The Solicitors' Journal and Reporter. London. 31 (24): 384. 9 April 1887.
  3. Rubinstein, William D.; Jolles, Michael A.; Rubinstein, Hillary L., eds. (2011). "Newman, Alfred Alvarez". The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 720. ISBN 978-0-230-30466-6. OCLC 793104984.
  4. "Obituary". The Boston Weekly Globe. 9 March 1887. p. 3.
  5. Redway, G. W., ed. (1887). "Obituary Memoirs". Walford's Antiquarian: Magazine and Bibliographical Review. London: The Gresham Press. 11: 208.
  6. Wolf, Lucien (1911–1914). "Origin of the Jewish Historical Society of England". Transactions. Jewish Historical Society of England. 7: 206–221. JSTOR 29777668.
  7. Rubens, Alfred (1955–1959). "Portrait of Anglo-Jewry 1656-1836". Transactions. Jewish Historical Society of England. 19: 13–52. JSTOR 29777944.
  8. Berger, Natalia (2017). "The Historic Anglo-Jewish Exhibition in London, 1887". The Jewish Museum. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. pp. 66–91. doi:10.1163/9789004353886_004. ISBN 9789004353886.
  9. Levy, S. (1908–1910). "Anglo-Jewish Historiography". Transactions. Jewish Historical Society of England. 6: 13. JSTOR 29777647.
  10. Hyamson, Albert M. (1951). The Sephardim of England: A History of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Community 1492–1951. London: Methuen. p. 374. ISBN 9781000043846.
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