Postcard of a Jewish woman dusting a mantel clock
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm)
Creator(s)
- Peter Ehrenthal (Compiler)
- Bamforth & Co. (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 postcard 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 postcard 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
Postcard with a color illustration of a woman in an apron and red flower pattern dress standing in left profile next to a fireplace mantel over a lit fire. She has short brown hair and a very large stereotypically Jewish nose. She holds a feather duster up to a black mantel clock and looks it with an exaggerated scowl. Purple wallpaper is behind her and a green carpet and brown rug cover the floor. English text is printed at the bottom. English printed text and a handwritten note are on the back.
back, center, cursive, black ink : is this your new tart[?] / Ajay
Subjects
- Jewish women--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Antisemitism in art.
- Stereotypes (Social psychology) in art.
- Jews--Great Britain--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Jews--Art--20th century--Pictorial works.
- Jews--Caricatures and cartoons.
Genre
- Information Forms
- Object