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1. [Die Pferde, Jud, sind schön…]

[Die Pferde, Jud, sind schön…]

Date:: 1770
Description:: Black-and-white engraving depicting a Hussar with Jewish horse dealers. Engraving by Johann Lorenaz Rugendas after Georg Philipp Rugendas. In German, the text reads : "Die Pferde, Jud, sind schön, doch aber schier zu theuer: / Allein, was liegt daran, man brauchet sie doch heuer!" In English, the text reads : "The horses, Jew, are very nice, but far too expensive: / What does it matter, one needs them this year!"

2. Ionathan Eybeschütz

Ionathan Eybeschütz

Date:: 1773
Description:: Black-and-white engraved portrait of Rabbi Jonathan Eybeschütz. Engraving by Jan Balzer after Johann Kleinhard. From Abbildungen böhmischer und mährischer Gelehrten und Künstler : nebst kurzen Nachrichten von ihren Leben und Werken, Volume 1, by František Martin Pelcl, published Prague: Wolffgang Gerle.

3. Moses Mendelssohn

Moses Mendelssohn

Date:: 1772
Description:: Black-and-white engraved portrait of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. Engraving by Johann Friedrich Bause after a painting by Anton Graff.