Black-and-white etched satire on attitudes toward vaccination. Edward Jenner, pioneer of the smallpox vaccine, is portrayed as a Jew. He holds a syringe labelled "Kuhpocken" (cowpox) and "Humanität" (humanity). Next to him sits a Jewish elder who has one foot on a money bag. Another Jew reads from a document labeled "Für Die Juden" (for the Jews), handed to him on a cushion embroidered with a Star of David by a non-Jewish man astride a sow. He is followed by a rabbi praying and another Jew. At left, a non-Jewish woman holds the sow's rope in one hand and, in the other, a paper labeled "Freiden Mädchen - Berliner Blätter" (prostitute - Berlin Gazette). The etching indicates that the publication of Jenner's work is a Jewish conspiracy.
Hand-colored etched satirical portrait of financier and philanthropist Abraham Goldsmid. Etching by Richard Dighton. Published by Dighton, 21 New Bond Street, August 1806.
Caricature of Jewish participation in the National Guard during the Revolutions of 1848. In German, the text reads : "Hascheln! Habts Acht! Mer sein jetzt gekümmen vor unsern Kümmandanten sein Haus. Regimentstrommler! Schlog ein Werbel, trrrrrrrr - soll ach Hoch leben." (On the banner) : "Profit. Gleiche Rechte mit den Christen!" In English, the text reads : "Attention! Pull yourselves together, troops! We are marching to our commander's house. Regiments, beat your drums!" (On the banner): "Profit. Equal rights with Christians!" Lithograph printed and published Vienna: F. Werner, Mariahilf.
Caricature of Jewish participation in the National Guard during the Revolutions of 1848. In German, the text reads : "Hascheln! Habts Acht! Mer sein jetzt gekümmen vor unsern Kümmandanten sein Haus. Regimentstrommler! Schlog ein Werbel, trrrrrrrr - soll ach Hoch leben." (On the banner) : "Profit. Gleiche Rechte mit den Christen!" In English, the text reads : "Attention! Pull yourselves together, troops! We are marching to our commander's house. Regiments, beat your drums!" (On the banner): "Profit. Equal rights with Christians!" Lithograph printed Leipzig: J. G. Fritzsche.
Sheet with hand-colored etchings of Jewish characters from Karl Borromäus Alexander Sessa's satirical play "Unser Verkehr" (The Company We Keep). Engraving by Johann Michael Voltz.
Black-and-white etched satirical portrait of Levi Whitehead, head waiter of the Bacchus (Backhouse Wines) Inn, Tadcaster, Yorkshire. Etching by traveller and amateur etcher Frederick Atkinson, a silk-mercer and draper in York. Published June 1, 1797, by W. Richardson, 31 Strand.
Hand-colored etched satirical portrait of tenor John Braham in costume as Prince Orlando in Thomas Dibdin's opera The Cabinet. Drawn, etched, and published by Dighton, Charing Cross, March 22, 1802.
Hand-colored etched satirical portrait of Pellegrin Treves (1733-1817), who served as postmaster general and was a friend of the Prince Regent. Etching by Richard Dighton. Published by Dighton, Charing Cross, November 20, 1801.
Hand-colored etched satirical portrait identified as financier Levy Barent Cohen or Mr. Ripley. Drawn, etched, and published by Richard Dighton, November 5, 1817. Reissue published by Thomas McLean, 26 Haymarket, 1824.
Satirical scene etched in red depicting four members of the committee around a treasure chest, which is empty of coins and occupied by a grinning demon. The Secretary holds upside down an empty bag inscribed "ils ont emigrè" ("they have emigrated"). One of the committee members takes from a Jew (at left) a dish on which a little demon is excreting coins. On the right, a large cupboard with packages labeled Recepissen (receipts) and Assignats (paper money issued during the French Revolution) falls forward on to the backs of two committee members, including the president of the Committee of Accounts. The Jew sells a figure which he assures the purchaser will, if nourished with the tears of the Orangists, give fifty ducats daily. This is better than the piles of assignats which threaten ruin. Territories conquered by France during the Revolution were forced to take assignats from French soldiers and to change them for receipts. Etching by William Humphrey after a caricature by David Hess. From Hollandia regenerata by David Hess.
Satirical scene etched in red depicting the patriots, who had emigrated in 1787 after their defeat by the Anglo-Prussian alliance, approaching the committee, apparently two French Représentants en Mission, with requests for money and clothes. Four men stand on the right, two with papers inscribed "Request." From the pocket of one (right), dressed as a soldier, projects a carriage-lamp, which he is alleged to have stolen. One Frenchman, wearing a scarf inscribed "Representant," and holding a pair of breeches, puts money into an outstretched palm. On the left, an old Jew measures a patriot wearing sabots (clogs) for a suit of clothes. Behind him is a wall from which projects a sign: "Nathan Levi Uitdraager en Kleermaaker" ("broker and tailor"). Etching by William Humphrey after a caricature by David Hess. From Hollandia regenerata by David Hess.
Black-and-white lithographed caricature of lawyer and statesman Adolphe Crémieux. Caricature by Honoré Daumier. The text reads : "Crémieux (candidate for a minister's position). He adores changes. To his great chagrin, he unfortunately is not able to change his face." Plate 5 of Les représentans représentés, a series of 109 caricatures of French deputies. Printed by Aubert & Cie., published by Chez Aubert, Pl. de la Bourse. Published in the December 20, 1848, edition of Le Charivari.
Sheet with hand-colored etchings of Jewish characters from Karl Borromäus Alexander Sessa's satirical play "Unser Verkehr" (The Company We Keep). Engraving by Johann Michael Voltz.
Sheet with hand-colored etchings of Jewish characters from Karl Borromäus Alexander Sessa's satirical play "Unser Verkehr" (The Company We Keep). Engraving by Johann Michael Voltz.
Hand-colored engraving of financiers gathered at the Royal Exchange in London. Several Jewish figures are present in the scene, including Sir Moses Montefiore in conversation with Nathan Mayer Rothschild. Drawn and engraved by Isaac Robert Cruikshank and George Cruikshank, published London: Sherwood, Neely & Jones. From Life in London or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, esq., and his elegant friend, Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their rambles and sprees through the Metropolis by Pierce Egan.
Black-and-white lithographed satirical portrait of financier Nathan Mayer Rothschild. Printed Leipzig: E. Pönicke. From an original by Richard Dighton.