Satirical print of a Jew trying to enter Parliament
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 10.750 inches (27.305 cm) | Width: 14.625 inches (37.148 cm)
Creator(s)
- John Doyle (Artist)
- Peter Ehrenthal (Compiler)
- Thomas McLean (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 lithograph 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 lithograph 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 lithograph print of a scene with a man in the foreground at center left wearing a brown coat and standing in right profile on the left of a man in a magistrate’s robe and wig with his back to the viewer. They look right toward a man in a blue coat who stands to the left of a partially open door which he pushes against with his left shoulder. A man in a black coat on the other side of the door pulls at it and stands with his back to the viewer in front of a Jewish man wearing a brown robe. He has sidelocks, a large nose, thick lips, and a long beard and leans forward through the doorway. Overhead, a text balloon with English speech trails from each man’s mouth. In the middleground, another man in a magistrate’s robe sits in front of a table at center right. Behind it, a man holds a Bible to his mouth and kisses it with 1 eye shut. Two men standing on the far left look around with tight frowns and narrowed eyes. Through a door behind them, a man sits on a dais in a roughly sketched background. A caption is printed in a yellow panel at the bottom.
Subjects
- Antisemitism--Great Britain--19th century--Pictorial works.
- Jews--Caricatures and cartoons--Great Britain--19th century.
- Jews--Great Britain--19th century--Pictorial works.
- Jews in art.
- Antisemitism in art.
- Stereotypes (Social psychology) in art.
Genre
- Object
- Art