Cruikshank print of politicians bartering in a pawnshop
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 10.750 inches (27.305 cm) | Width: 15.250 inches (38.735 cm)
Creator(s)
- Peter Ehrenthal (Compiler)
- Isaac Cruikshank (Artist)
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
Color print of an etching of a pawnshop with 3 men with stereotypical Jewish features, including large noses and long beards, standing on the left in black hats and heavy coats. They gather around an English politician, who stands behind a counter, and entreat him to closely examine a gold goblet while 1 of them lifts his pocket watch from his pocket. In the middle, a Scotsman asks another English politician behind a counter to loan him money. He wears a red and blue plaid shirt and red plaid socks and holds a barrel and gold horn. On the right, a fat gentleman wearing a long, red robe that partially conceals a gold mace reminds a 3rd English politician behind a counter of loan terms as he lays a gold chain on the counter. Five speech balloons with English text are above the men in front of the counter. Captions are printed in panels at the top and bottom.
back, bottom left, cursive, pencil : Trades
Subjects
- Jews in art.
- Anti-Jewish propaganda--Great Britain--19th century--Pictorial works.
- Stereotypes (Social psychology) in art.
- Jews--Great Britain--19th century--Pictorial works.
- Antisemitism in art.
Genre
- Object
- Art