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21. Bizzy Izzy

Date:
1903
Description:
Sheet music for "Bizzy Izzy : march and two-step," by Charles H. Kuebler, published Erie, Pennsylvania: Brehm Bros.

22. Schwärmerischer Blick in die Sonne

Date:
1820
Description:
Hand-colored etched caricature depicting a fantastical view of the sun. In German, the text reads : "Gotts Wunder, welcher Glanz und Schein / Das muss ep's rores von Vergilding seyn!" In English, the text reads : "God's wonders, which glimmer and shine / That must be something rare and gilt!"

23. Bon homme, tout ce qui reluit n'est pas or

Description:
Hand-colored lithographed caricature depicting a Jewish peddler with his wares. The caption, which translates to "All is not gold that glitters," implies that his wares might not be as valuable as they seem. Lithograph by Pierre Langlumé. Published Paris: Noël et Dauty.

24. [Large Boots]

Date:
1800
Description:
Black-and-white etched caricature of merchant Jacob Franco (1762-1817), member of a prominent Sephardic family in England. Described as "Mr. Franco, a gentleman then well known on the turf, of Jewish descent, which is indicated by the pigs." Caricature by James Gillray. Published May 25, 1800, by Hannah Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street.

25. [Large Boots]

Date:
1800
Description:
Hand-colored etched caricature of merchant Jacob Franco (1762-1817), member of a prominent Sephardic family in England. Described as "Mr. Franco, a gentleman then well known on the turf, of Jewish descent, which is indicated by the pigs." Caricature by James Gillray. Published May 25, 1800, by Hannah Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street.

26. La Bourse ou le Knout!

Date:
1854
Description:
Black-and-white lithographed caricature depicting Nicholas I of Russia applying the whip in order collect taxes to finance the Crimean War. The print shows the Tsar trying to extort funds from the Russian Jews by threatening them with pogroms. Lithograph by Destouches after a caricature by Honoré Daumier. Plate 91 of the series Actualités, published in the August 8, 1854, edition of Le Charivari.

28. Le Juif, ou Isaac le Brocanteur

Date:
1835
Description:
Sheet music cover for "Le Juif, ou Isaac le Brocanteur : chansonnette comique," words by J. Blum; music by Adolphe Vogel, published Paris: Colombier.

29. Le Juif, ou Isaac le Brocanteur

Date:
1835
Description:
Sheet music for "Le Juif, ou Isaac le Brocanteur : chansonnette comique," words by J. Blum; music by Adolphe Vogel, published Paris: Colombier.

30. [Härsch, wo iss dein Bruder?...]

Date:
1853
Description:
Caricature published in the Düsseldorfer Monathefte, Band 6, No. 42. In German, the text reads : --"Härsch, wo iss dein Bruder?" --"Gott soll hüte, er iß uff'm Rathhaus, dort wird er abgewandelt mit Fünfe-zwanzig, weil er hat getriebe en Hausierhandel im Ruckfall." --"No siehst de." Handel bringt Wandel. In English, the text reads : "Härsch, where is your brother?" --"May God protect us, he is at city hall, that's where he's going to be in the reformatory for 25 years, because of a subsequent offense for peddling." --"You see?" "Trade brings change!"