Caricature depicting a Jewish family on the water in Manhattan Beach. The text reads : "Mister! Vas costen to go in dot vouter?" Caricature printed by Tobin N.Y.
Black-and-white lithographed caricature depicting stockjobbers hoping to catch inside news after the first signs of a war in Italy appear in the newspaper. Lithograph by Destouches after a caricature by Honoré Daumier. Plate 10 of the series Actualités, published in the February 19, 1859, edition of Le Charivari.
In French, the text reads :
--Ne craignez rien ......, nous n'aurons pas la guerre ! ....
--Quelles preuves pouvez vous me donner?....
--Comment des preuves.... j'en ai mille.... tenez, mon cher.... allez place de la concorde...., dirigez vous du côté du quai et vous verrez qu'on n'arme seulement pas la frégate-école!.... In English, the text reads :
--Don't' you worry, there will be no war!
--What proof do you have for that?
--What do you mean proof.... there are thousands... for example... you go down to Place de la Concorde... in direction of the Quai and you will note that not even the frigate-school has been called to arms!
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.
Hand-colored engraving of Jewish clothes merchants. Engraving after a drawing by Gustave de Galard. From Recueil des divers costumes des habitans de Bordeaux et des environs by Edmond Géraud, published Bordeaux: Lavigne jeune.
Caricature by Eugene Zimmerman published in Judge. The text reads : --Dr. Smith: "Your husband's prostration is due to business--overwork. You must give him this antimony prescription." --Mrs. Cohen (in a whisper): "Sh! Don'd let mein husband hear you say dot again. I subbose it vill do him good, but don'd let him hear der name ohf dot remedy--he vouldn't take it."
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.
Caricature depicting the store of "Grabheimer the great American tailor." The text reads : "Vy Isaac! Dat is Mister Shones from Mobile, your prudder said you should gif Mister Shones a good pargain." Caricature printed by Tobin N.Y.
Caricature by Eugene Zimmerman published in Judge. The text reads : The 16th of March. --Baxterstein: "Ikey, mine sohn, if ve don'dt preddy soon sell some ohf dese clodings your papa vill be a ruined Hebrew." The 17th of March. --Ikey (his son): "Nefer mindt dot ruinness, papa. Ve vill sell dose handtsome clodings to dose Irish peebles vhen der parade passes dis vay."
Caricature published in the Düsseldorfer Monathefte, Band 5, No. 1. In German, the text reads : --"Nü Itzig, wohin raitst de?" --"Au wai, waiss ich's?" In English, the text reads: --"Nu Itzig, to where are you riding?" --"Oh, do I know that?"
Black-and-white lithograph depicting a group of Jewish peddlers from Poland showing their wares to two approaching Cossacks. Lithograph by Godefroy Engelmann after Louis-Albert-Ghislain Bacler d'Albe.
Caricature published in the Düsseldorfer Monathefte, Band 8, No. 9. In German, the text reads : --"Sagens mol sachverständiger Maister von de Kunst, mein Sohn wird doch später sehr fain werden, schauns schwarze Augen, schwarze Haare hat er schon und wenn er alt wird werden so kriegt er noch ä krümmer Nas." In English, the text reads : --"Say, knowledgeable master of the arts, my son will become very attractive later in life, look at his black eyes, he already has black hair and when he gets older he'll get a crooked nose as well."
Black-and-white illustration of two men described as "Twee Vrienden van den Prins" ("two friends of the prince"). The accompanying story entitled "Modern Zeden" ("modern mores") describes two moneylenders, pictured here, and a prince who gives into their demands in order to receive money from them. Published in Asmodée: geillustreerde almanak.
Color lithograph of "Death to the Jew" from La danse des morts à Bâle de Holbein / Basler Todtentanz von Hans Holbein by Hieronymus Hess, published Basel: Hasler & Cie. In German, the text reads : --Der Tod zum Juden: "Hujum, Jud! mach dich auf die Fahrt; / Dein's Messiä hast zu lang g'wart: / Christum, welchen ihr habt ermördt, / War der recht, ihr habt lang geirrt." --Antwort des Juden: "Ein Rabbi war ich der Geschrift, / Zog aus der Bibel nur das Gift: / Gar wenig nach Messiam tracht, / Hatt' mehr auf Schätz und Wucher Acht." In English, the text reads : --Death to the Jew: "Up, Jew, and take the common gate, / In vain you for Messiah wait; / Christ, whom, you slew, was He indeed, / You've follow'd long a hopeless creed." The Jew's reply: "As Rabbi long the law I knew, / But poison from its pages drew; / Messiah had few charms for me, / My faith was Gold and Usury."
Engraving and text from Darstellungen menschlicher Narrheiten (Representations of human follies). In German, the text reads : "Was wolt Ihr Juden bey den Sachen, / soll man euch auch zu Narren machen. / Sie wollen einen Wipper krönen. / Der sich mit ihnen wird versöhnen. / Weil er so viel Profit genomen, / als feinen Juden zu gekomen." In English, the text reads : "What do you Jews want by those things, should you all be made into fools as well. / They want to crown a "Wipper," / Who will reconcile with them. / Because he took so much profit, that he became a well off Jew." This engraving is part of a series satirizing the foolish schemes people believed during the economic crisis in the early 17th century. The title "Der Kipp-und Wipper-Narr" refers to the phrase used to describe this period of hyperinflation (Kipper- und Wipperzeit), literally meaning to "Tipper and See-saw," which refers to the unstable state of the economy.
Reproduction of a black-and-white woodcut and text from Das Ständebuch (The Book of Trades) with text by Hans Sachs and illustrations by Jost Amman. The book describes trades practiced in 16th-century Nuremberg. In German, the text reads : "Bin nicht vmb sonst ein Jüd genannt / Ich leih nur halb Gelt an ein Pfandt / Löst mans nit zu gesetztem Ziel / So gilt es mir dennoch so viel / Darmit verderb ich den loßn hauffn / Der nur wil Feyern / Fressn vnd Sauffn / Doch nimpt mein Handel gar nit ab / Weil ich meins gleich viel Brüder hab." In English, the text reads : "I'm called a Jew because, in dearth, / Pledge I pawn at half its worth; / If not redeemed on time, it will / Make my profits higher still. / I thus destroy all carless folk, / While they eat and drink and joke. / My business never suffers, for / I have many brothers more."
Black-and-white woodcut and text from Das Ständebuch (The Book of Trades) with text by Hans Sachs and illustrations by Jost Amman. The book describes trades practiced in 16th-century Nuremberg. In German, the text reads : "Bin nicht vmb sonst ein Jüd genannt / Ich leih nur halb Gelt an ein Pfandt / Löst mans nit zu gesetztem Ziel / So gilt es mir dennoch so viel / Darmit verderb ich den loßn hauffn / Der nur wil Feyern / Fressn vnd Sauffn / Doch nimpt mein Handel gar nit ab / Weil ich meins gleich viel Brüder hab." In English, the text reads : "I'm called a Jew because, in dearth, / Pledge I pawn at half its worth; / If not redeemed on time, it will / Make my profits higher still. / I thus destroy all carless folk, / While they eat and drink and joke. / My business never suffers, for / I have many brothers more."
Black-and-white lithograph depicting a Jewish peddler and Gabriel Riesser, member of the Frankfurt Parliament, mocking Heinrich von Gagern, who is walking past carrying bags of money on both shoulders. In German, the text reads : --1ster Jud: "Nu! Wie tragt der Mann sou schwär?" --2ter Jud: "S'nit sou arig worum er tragt jou uf bade Achsle! Bey mei lang Lebe ich hab ka Kinesinne druf!" In English, the text reads : --First Jew: "Nu! How is that man carrying something so heavy?" --Second Jew: "It's not that hard, that's why he's carrying them on both shoulders! In my whole life, I've never thought of that! Printed Frankfurt am Main: C. Knatz.
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