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Paper Cut—Yortsayt
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This paper cut, commemorating the anniversary of a date of death, originates from Galicia.

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Austro-Hungarian Empire (Galicia, Ukraine)

Date:

1867–1880

Subjects:

Ashkenazi, Art, Death, Life cycle, Mourning

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Decorative Arts, Folklore, Literature
Papercut with fish, birds, other animals, plants, menorahs, and columns surrounded by decorative border, and small circle of Hebrew text in center.
Triumph des Jahres 1813 (Triumph of the Year 1813)
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This caricature by the Henschel brothers celebrates the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Leipzig in December 1813. This battle, the final in Napoleon’s “German Campaign,” is also known as the…

Contributor:

Gebrüder Henschel

Places:

Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)

Date:

1813

Subjects:

Government, Death, Print, Portrait, Ashkenazi

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Decorative Arts, Print & Book Culture
Profile hand-colored etching of man, with line drawings of bodies on his face, wearing a hat in the shape of crow, and shirt and epaulets in the shape of a map with hand outstretched over it.