La Bourse ou le Knout!

Title:

La Bourse ou le Knout!

Date:

1854

Creator (Personal):

Daumier and Destouches

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.

Collection Title:

William A. Rosenthall Judaica Collection - Prints and Photographs

Contributing Institution:

College of Charleston Libraries

Media Type:

Images

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia, 1796-1855

Topical Subject:

Crimean War, 1853-1856, Jews--Caricatures and cartoons, Antisemitism--Caricatures and cartoons, Pogroms--Russia, and Jews--Persecutions--Russia

Language:

French

Shelving Locator:

Print Portfolio 05,cofc-war-print05-044

Date Digital:

2011-06

Digitization Specifications:

Scanned with Epson Expression 10000 XL, 600 ppi, 24-bit color. Archival tiff image available.

Internet Media Type:

image/jpeg

Copyright Status Statement:

Copyright status undetermined.

Access Information:

For more information contact Special Collections at the College of Charleston Libraries, Charleston, SC 29424.

Admin ID:

59945