Color print of London street vendors
Creator(s)
- W. (William) Roberts (Author)
- Peter Ehrenthal (Compiler)
- The Connoisseur (Publisher)
- Reginald Grundy (Editor)
- Bemrose and Sons Ltd. (Printer)
- Francis Wheatley (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 object 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
Cries of London print, with thirteen tipped in color plates of previously published illustrations of poor people who made their living on the streets of London. These picturesque scenes of urban outcasts, known as London Cries, were the most lastingly popular series of English prints. The pictures feature street vendors, such as Jewish fruit, rag, or ribbon sellers, and depict them as diligent workers deserving respect, not as nuisances or figures of fun. See record 2016.184.299 for another print of Sweet China Oranges, also included in this publication. The engraving is one of 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
Folio; 14 p. text, ill. ; 13 color plates and one half tone illustration ; 32 cm. Title page: The Connoisseur Series of Books for Collectors, Edited by Reginald Grundy, The Cries of London by W. Roberts with an introduction by Reginald Grundy with thirteen plates in color and one illustration of half-tone. Published by The Connoisseur, 1. Duke Street, St. James, London, S.W. 1, 1924. List of Plates: 1. Two Bunches a Penny, Primroses 2. Milk Below, Maids 3. Sweet China Oranges 4. Do You Want Any Matches? 5. New Mackrel 6. Knives, Scissars, and Razors to Grind 7. Fresh Gathered Peas, Young Hastings 8. Round and Sound, Five Pence a Pound, Duke Cherries 9. Strawberries, Scarlet Strawberries 10. Old Chairs to Mend 11. A New Love Song, Only Ha'Penny a Piece 12. Hot Spice Gingerbread, Smoking Hot! (variant plate in half-tone) 13. Turnips and Carrots, Ho! Notes: The plates were painted by F. Wheatley and engraved by A. Cardon, T. Gaugain, N. Schiavonetti, Jr., and G. Vendramini [Preservation/conservation required.]
Subjects
- Jewish peddlers--Great Britain--Pictorial works.
- Cries--England--London--Pictorial works.
- Great Britain--Social classes--Pictorial works.
- Jews in art.
- Color prints, English.
- Social classes--Great Britain--Pictorial works.
Genre
- Art
- Object