Subject (Topic): Pogroms--Russia and Crimean War, 1853-1856 - Lowcountry Digital Library Catalog Search Search Results

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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.

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