Caricature of Nathan Mayer Rothschild with newspaper and sack
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 13.125 inches (33.338 cm) | Width: 9.125 inches (23.178 cm)
Creator(s)
- Peter Ehrenthal (Compiler)
- John Phillips (Artist)
- John Fairburn (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
Color etching on paper with a full-length portrait caricature of a fat man in left profile wearing 2 black top hats with a pink Policy & Assurance label, a gray overcoat with a sash, gray stockings and black shoes. He is clean-shaven with arched eyebrows, a long, turned up nose, chubby cheeks, and puckered lips turned up in a slight smile. A newspaper with the headlines: Brookman versus Rothschild and Newspaper Bought up! is tucked under his left arm and he holds a large brown sack, marked French Rentes £20,000, slung over his left shoulder. His open right hand is held forward, palm out, with its fingers spread. He stands on a light brown dirt like surface against a light blue background with black scribbled shading partially encircling him. The print has a blue narrow white border and a caption in a panel at the bottom.
People
- Rothschild, Nathan Mayer, 1777-1836--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subjects
- Antisemitism in art.
- Jews in art.
- Stereotypes (Social psychology) in art.
- Antisemitism--Great Britain--19th century--Pictorial works.
- Jews--Great Britain--19th century--Pictorial works.
- Jewish peddlers--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Jews--Caricatures and cartoons.
Genre
- Art
- Object