Het Committé van financie

Title:

Het Committé van financie

Date:

1796

Creator (Personal):

Hess and Humphrey

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.

Collection Title:

William A. Rosenthall Judaica Collection - Prints and Photographs

Contributing Institution:

College of Charleston Libraries

Media Type:

Images

Topical Subject:

Jews--Caricatures and cartoons, Antisemitism--Caricatures and cartoons, and Satire

Geographic Subject:

France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799

Language:

Dutch

Shelving Locator:

Print Portfolio 05,cofc-war-print05-049

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:

61017