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2. Het Committé van financie

Het Committé van financie
Date:
1796
Description:
Satirical scene etched in red depicting four members of the committee around a treasure chest, which is empty of coins and occupied by a grinning demon. The Secretary holds upside down an empty bag inscribed "ils ont emigrè" ("they have emigrated"). One of the committee members takes from a Jew (at left) a dish on which a little demon is excreting coins. On the right, a large cupboard with packages labeled Recepissen (receipts) and Assignats (paper money issued during the French Revolution) falls forward on to the backs of two committee members, including the president of the Committee of Accounts. The Jew sells a figure which he assures the purchaser will, if nourished with the tears of the Orangists, give fifty ducats daily. This is better than the piles of assignats which threaten ruin. Territories conquered by France during the Revolution were forced to take assignats from French soldiers and to change them for receipts. Etching by William Humphrey after a caricature by David Hess. From Hollandia regenerata by David Hess.

3. Het Committé van uitgewekenen

Het Committé van uitgewekenen
Date:
1796
Description:
Satirical scene etched in red depicting the patriots, who had emigrated in 1787 after their defeat by the Anglo-Prussian alliance, approaching the committee, apparently two French Représentants en Mission, with requests for money and clothes. Four men stand on the right, two with papers inscribed "Request." From the pocket of one (right), dressed as a soldier, projects a carriage-lamp, which he is alleged to have stolen. One Frenchman, wearing a scarf inscribed "Representant," and holding a pair of breeches, puts money into an outstretched palm. On the left, an old Jew measures a patriot wearing sabots (clogs) for a suit of clothes. Behind him is a wall from which projects a sign: "Nathan Levi Uitdraager en Kleermaaker" ("broker and tailor"). Etching by William Humphrey after a caricature by David Hess. From Hollandia regenerata by David Hess.

4. Jacobs Kriegsthaten

Jacobs Kriegsthaten
Date:
1819
Description:
Hand-colored etching of a scene from Karl Borromäus Alexander Sessa's satirical play "Unser Verkehr" (The Company We Keep). Etching after Johann Michael Voltz. In German, the text reads : "Harr Kerperol, Harr Affezier, Harr Generol! Hebbe Se de Gnod, hebbe Se dä grausse Gnod und lasse Se mich nit schiessen. Ich halt es nit aus, ich künns nit vertragen, ich künn nit riechen dä Pulver, ich fall in dä Ohnmacht!" In English, the text reads : "Sir Corporal, Sir Officer, Sir General! Have mercy, have great mercy and don't leave me under fire. I can't stand it any more, I can't endure it, I can't smell the gun powder any longer, I am going to faint!"

5. Levi at the Gate of Bacchus

Levi at the Gate of Bacchus
Date:
1797
Description:
Black-and-white etched satirical portrait of Levi Whitehead, head waiter of the Bacchus (Backhouse Wines) Inn, Tadcaster, Yorkshire. Etching by traveller and amateur etcher Frederick Atkinson, a silk-mercer and draper in York. Published June 1, 1797, by W. Richardson, 31 Strand.

6. Ismael Aga

Ismael Aga
Date:
1812
Description:
Black-and-white etched satirical portrait of Ismael Aga, a noted peddler and beggar in the area of the Royal Exchange in London. London: Published 4 July, 1812, by Robert Wilkinson.

7. [Crémieux]

[Crémieux]
Date:
1843
Description:
Black-and-white lithographed caricature of lawyer and statesman Adolphe Crémieux. Miroir drolatique, No. 10.

8. [Large Boots]

[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.

9. A Great Man on Change

A Great Man on Change
Date:
1818
Description:
Hand-colored etched satirical portrait of merchant Samuel Samuel (1775-1873). Drawn, etched, and published by Richard Dighton, January 1818. Reissue published by Thomas McLearn, 26 Haymarket, 1824.

10. The Royal Exchange. Tom pointing out to Jerry a few of the primest features of Life in London.

The Royal Exchange. Tom pointing out to Jerry a few of the primest features of Life in London.
Date:
1821
Description:
Hand-colored engraving of financiers gathered at the Royal Exchange in London. Several Jewish figures are present in the scene, including Sir Moses Montefiore in conversation with Nathan Mayer Rothschild. Drawn and engraved by Isaac Robert Cruikshank and George Cruikshank, published London: Sherwood, Neely & Jones. From Life in London or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, esq., and his elegant friend, Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their rambles and sprees through the Metropolis by Pierce Egan.