Engraved portrait of the first Jewish Baronet, Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid

Identifier
irn544157
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2016.184.385
Dates
1 Jan 1824 - 31 Dec 1824
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

overall: Height: 11.750 inches (29.845 cm) | Width: 7.875 inches (20.003 cm)

Creator(s)

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 print 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

This print is one of more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic visual materials.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Hand-colored etching on paper removed from a publication. It depicts a man standing in right facing profile, feet apart, with his right hand resting loosely on the waistband of his gray trousers. He has short, dark brown hair with a curly sideburn resembling a sidelock and stereotypical Jewish features: thick eyebrows, a large nose, and a fleshy lower lip. He wears a black top hat and shoes with an unbuttoned brown tailcoat over a white, high-collared shirt and striped yellow neck cloth. His clothing is lightly shaded with cross-hatching. He stands outside, the ground brown beneath him, a low, irregular shadow to the left, and small stones and tufts of grass scattered around the title and 2 lines of publication information printed to the right. There are handwritten markings on the back.

back, center, pencil : Ruben 1491

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.