Hamburg, Jungfernsteig No. 7

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- Title:
- Hamburg, Jungfernsteig No. 7
- Date:
- 1799
- Description:
- Black-and-white etched satire on attitudes toward vaccination. Edward Jenner, pioneer of the smallpox vaccine, is portrayed as a Jew. He holds a syringe labelled "Kuhpocken" (cowpox) and "Humanität" (humanity). Next to him sits a Jewish elder who has one foot on a money bag. Another Jew reads from a document labeled "Für Die Juden" (for the Jews), handed to him on a cushion embroidered with a Star of David by a non-Jewish man astride a sow. He is followed by a rabbi praying and another Jew. At left, a non-Jewish woman holds the sow's rope in one hand and, in the other, a paper labeled "Freiden Mädchen - Berliner Blätter" (prostitute - Berlin Gazette). The etching indicates that the publication of Jenner's work is a Jewish conspiracy.
- Collection Title:
- William A. Rosenthall Judaica Collection - Prints and Photographs
- Contributing Institution:
- College of Charleston Libraries
- Media Type:
- Images
- Personal or Corporate Subject:
- Jenner, Edward, 1749-1823
- Topical Subject:
- Jews--Caricatures and cartoons, Antisemitism--Caricatures and cartoons, and Satire
- Language:
- German
- Shelving Locator:
- Print Portfolio 22,cofc-war-print22-010
- Date Digital:
- 2014-01-08
- 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:
- 40728
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