Search

Search Constraints

Start Over You searched for: Contributing Institution College of Charleston Libraries ✖Remove constraint Contributing Institution: College of Charleston Libraries Date 1848-1849 ✖Remove constraint Date: 1848-1849 Subject (Topic) Jews--Caricatures and cartoons ✖Remove constraint Subject (Topic): Jews--Caricatures and cartoons Subject (Topic) Jewish peddlers ✖Remove constraint Subject (Topic): Jewish peddlers

Search Results

1. [Nu! Wie tragt der Mann sou schwär?...]

[Nu! Wie tragt der Mann sou schwär?...]
Date:
1848-1849
Description:
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.

Limit your search