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Start Over You searched for: Collection William A. Rosenthall Judaica Collection - Prints and Photographs ✖Remove constraint Collection: William A. Rosenthall Judaica Collection - Prints and Photographs Date 1822 ✖Remove constraint Date: 1822 Subject (Topic) Antisemitism--Caricatures and cartoons ✖Remove constraint Subject (Topic): Antisemitism--Caricatures and cartoons Subject (Topic) Satire ✖Remove constraint Subject (Topic): Satire

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1. [Unser Verkehr]

[Unser Verkehr]
Date:
1822
Description:
Hand-colored etching of a scene from Karl Borromäus Alexander Sessa's satirical play "Unser Verkehr" (The Company We Keep). In German, the text reads : "Gaih! Gaih! - Los dich treten von de Leut, los dich werfen aus de Stuben, los dich verklagen bei de Gerichte, los dich hetzen ins Hundeloch, los dich binden mit Stricke und Ketten, los dich martern halb taudt! Aber du must doch werden reich!" In English, the text reads : "Go! Go! Let yourself be stepped on by people, let yourself be thrown out of rooms, let yourself be denounced to the courts, let yourself be pushed into kennels, let yourself be bound with cords and chains, let yourself be martyred half to death! But you must become rich!"

2. [Unser Verkehr]

[Unser Verkehr]
Date:
1822
Description:
Hand-colored etching of a scene from Karl Borromäus Alexander Sessa's satirical play "Unser Verkehr" (The Company We Keep). In German, the text reads : --Polckwitzer: "Lydie - meine Tochter - mein Haupt-Capital - mein Alles! Da staiht ä Mann, ä talentvoller Mann, ä geschickter Mann, ä reicher Mann, ä theurer Freund! Er will haben deine kunstreiche Hand, deine schaine Stimme, deinen witzigen Kopf, deine angenehme Manieren, deine vortreffliche Person - er will dich heirothen, - Wirst de sogen Nein?" In English, the text reads : -- Polckwitzer: "Lydia - my daughter - my capital asset - my everything! There stands a man, a talented man, a clever man, a rich man, a loyal friend! He would like to have your artful hand, your beautiful voice, your witty mind, your pleasant manner, your excellent character - he wants to marry you, - Will you say no?"

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