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Etched portrait of a Jewish businessman, Levy Baronet Cohen

Object | Accession Number: 2016.184.383

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    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    This print is one of more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic visual materials.
    Artwork Title
    Mr. Cohen
    Date
    publication/distribution:  1817 November 05
    publication:  1824
    Geography
    publication: London (England)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Katz Family
    Markings
    front, within image, bottom left, black ink : Mr. Cohen / London.Pubd. by Thos. Mc.Lean / 26. Haymarket. 1824
    front, within image, bottom left corner, black ink : DrawnEtchd & Pubd by Rd. Dighton. 1817. Novr 5th
    Contributor
    Compiler: Peter Ehrenthal
    Artist: Richard Dighton
    Publisher: Thomas McLean
    Biography
    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.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Classification
    Art
    Category
    Prints
    Physical Description
    Handcolored etching on paper removed from a publication. It depicts a man standing in left facing profile, his feet slightly separated, holding a pencil and folded papers or a small book in front of his protruding stomach. He has short, white hair with a small pigtail at the back and a fleshy face with stereotypical Jewish features: thick eyebrows, hooded eyes, and a large, pointed nose. He wears a black top hat with a short, blue jacket buttoned over a knee-length, blue tailcoat and tall, black boots. His clothing is heavily shaded with cross-hatching. He stands on rectangular, gray paving stones with a low, arched shadow behind him and the title and 2 lines of publication information printed to the left. There are handwritten markings on the back.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 9.375 inches (23.813 cm) | Width: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm)
    Materials
    overall : paper, ink
    Inscription
    back, center, pencil : MR COHEN / [LEVY BARENT COHEN] ? / Ruben 686

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    No restrictions on access
    Conditions on Use
    No restrictions on use

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The print was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by 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.
    Special Collection
    Katz Ehrenthal Collection
    Record last modified:
    2024-10-03 11:11:51
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