Satirical print of Rothschild's lack of charity to other Jews
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm) | Width: 18.375 inches (46.673 cm)
Creator(s)
- Peter Ehrenthal (Compiler)
- Thomas Howell Jones (Printer)
- B. Webster (Publisher)
Biographical History
The Katz Ehrenthal Collection is a collection of more than 900 objects depicting Jews and antisemitic and anti-Jewish propaganda from the medieval to the modern era, in Europe, Russia, and the United States. The collection was amassed by Peter Ehrenthal, a Romanian Holocaust survivor, to document the pervasive history of anti-Jewish hatred in Western art, politics and popular culture. It includes crude folk art as well as pieces created by Europe's finest craftsmen, prints and periodical illustrations, posters, paintings, decorative art, and toys and everyday household items decorated with depictions of stereotypical Jewish figures.
Archival History
The etching was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by the Katz Family.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Katz Family
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
The etching is one of the more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic artifacts and visual materials.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Print of an etching, handcolored, on paper of a cartoon of a street scene with several men talking with white text balloons above their heads. In the center back, a man in a top hat and long, red coat walks near the entrance of a white columned bank building. He looks at a watch and carries a scroll listing Jewish names; above him is a text balloon: "I am in two minutes before my time to-day - I must see if you are all booked in my Way-bill." He addresses a group of 6 white haired men with large, pointed noses and worn clothing, who beg for money; on the sidewalk at their feet is text: "The Old Stock reduced." In the middle left is a yellow and orange striped hot air balloon and basket, resting on a bear and a bull in the street. In the basket is a man, Nathan Rothschild, with a pointed nose and thick lips, waving 2 light red pennants, with the text: "Those who give to the poor lend to the Lord “Charity covers a multitude of sins." Above his head is a text balloon: "I am going to receive - my Dividends." To the left, a gentleman stands on the sidewalk in front of a brick building called Capel Court, reading the Times newspaper, with the text balloon: "We stop the press to insure(?) that one of the greatest capitalists in the City -- has gone on a secret Financial Expedition." There is a caption in a panel at the bottom.
People
- Rothschild, Nathan Meyer, 1777-1836--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subjects
- Jews--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Antisemitism--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Jews in art.
- Jews--Great Britain--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Antisemitism in art.
Genre
- Art
- Object