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LOT 40:
"Le Juif- Errant" - The Wandering Jew. Anti-Semitic Caricature. France, 1869
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Sold for: $420
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Estimated price:
$250 - $400
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"Le Juif- Errant" - The Wandering Jew. Anti-Semitic Caricature. France, 1869
Anti-Semitic caricature of the "Wandering Jew" from the front page of the French newspaper L'Eclipse - Journal Hebdomadaire, February 28th, 1869.
LA RENTREE DE ROCAMBOLE, par GILL Reclame peu deguisee en faveur de la PETITE PRESSE Accompagnee de la Complainte sur l'air du .JUIF-ERRANT.
An image of the wandering Jew in laborer's clothes, sawing the trunk of a tree shaped like an animal with head and feet, is at the center. A text balloon states "Quei Plaisir D'Etra A Bonne." It is surrounded by stanzas of a poem regarding the Wandering Jew by Issac Laqueden.
In the 19th century, many French newspapers published caricatures titled "La Juif Errant" with variations of the stanzas of this poem and illustrations by Francois Georgin.
Size 47x32 cm.
Fine condition.
