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The 1670 Expulsion of the Jews from Vienna
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This illustration, from an antisemitic publication, Jüdische neue Zeitung vom Marsch aus Wien und anderen Orten der jetzigen zwölff Jüdischen Stammen (Jewish Newspaper from the March to Vienna and…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Munich, Holy Roman Empire (Munich, Germany)

Date:

1745

Subjects:

Antisemitism, Christian-Jewish relations, Exile, Cities, Print

Categories:

Cartooning & graphic art
Print with German text on top and large illustration of procession of people leaving a city carrying bundles, with some horses and wagons.
The 1745 Expulsion of the Jews from Prague
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This illustration, from Jüdische neue Zeitung vom Marsch aus Wien und anderen Orten der jetzigen zwölff Jüdischen Stammen (Jewish Newspaper from the March to Vienna and Other Places of the Current…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Munich, Holy Roman Empire (Munich, Germany)

Date:

1745

Subjects:

Antisemitism, Christian-Jewish relations, Exile, Cities, Economic life

Categories:

Cartooning & graphic art
Print of long procession of people on foot and some horses with wagons walking out of a city across hills, with German text above.
Portrait of Jud Süss
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Joseph ben Issachar Süsskind Oppenheimer (1698–1738) was a financier and court Jew who served as adviser to Duke Karl Alexander. Economic reforms enacted by Karl Alexander (and informed by Oppenheimer…

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Artist Unknown

Places:

Holy Roman Empire (Altona, Germany)

Date:

After 1738

Subjects:

Portrait, Print, Antisemitism, Profession

Categories:

Print & book culture, Cartooning & graphic art
Portrait print of man in curly wig and jacket with German caption and small drawing of gallows below portrait.
Jewish Robbers
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This engraving depicting “Jewish robbers” is from the book Des bekannten Diebes, Mörders und Räubers Lips Tullians, und seiner Complicen Leben und Ubelthaten (The Known Thief, Murderer, and Robber…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Dresden, Holy Roman Empire (Dresden, Germany)

Date:

1716

Subjects:

Print, Crime, Economic life, Profession, Poverty

Categories:

Cartooning & graphic art
Drawing of men in fetters arranged in a line, some with ropes around their necks, and German text above.
Portrait of R. Akiva Eger
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Born in Eisenstadt (in Burgenland) and educated in Mattersdorf and Breslau, Akiva Eger was a prominent rabbinic and halakhic leader. After living in Lissa, Prussia, he served as rabbi in Märkisch…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)

Date:

Early 19th Century

Subjects:

Rabbis, Portrait, Ashkenazi, Dress

Categories:

Cartooning & graphic art
Portrait of bearded man wearing a fur coat.
Celebratory Processional in Prague to Honor Joseph II
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A month after the birth of future Emperor Joseph II (March 13, 1741), the Jews of Prague held a festive procession in honor of the happy event. The procession, which was planned and led by the…

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Artist Unknown

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czechoslovakia)

Date:

1741

Subjects:

Print, Art, Cities, Dress, Class

Categories:

Cartooning & graphic art
Print of long procession of people on horses and on foot carrying banners and trumpets, from one archway down and across the page to another archway, with German heading and text below.
Portrait of Jacob Ries
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Jacob Ries (1660–1751) of Prague first worked as a badchan (jester) for weddings. In 1710, he became court jester in Vienna under Charles VI. The artist of this portrait of Ries is not known. It…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

1710

Subjects:

Portrait, Class, Monarchy, Profession, Humor

Categories:

Print & book culture, Cartooning & graphic art
Drawing of a man of short stature with long wavy hair and a hat, holding a cane in right hand with left hand on hip, with figures in background and Hebrew and German writing above and below picture.
Jewish Man and Woman from Frankfurt
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The Jewish couple in Frankfurt am Main depicted here are wearing distinctive clothing that would have clearly identified them as Jews: the man’s collar, hat, and cloak, and the woman’s ruff and winged…

Contributor:

Caspar Luyken

Places:

Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (Nuremberg, Germany)

Date:

1703

Subjects:

Print, Cities, Dress, Christian-Jewish relations, Ethnography

Categories:

Print & book culture, Cartooning & graphic art
Print of man in cloak, hat, lace collar, and high boots, and woman dressed in cloak, winged bonnet, ruff collar, full skirt, and bodice, holding a large purse, with city landscape in the background.
Jewish Betrothal Ceremony
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This illustration depicting a Jewish betrothal ceremony appeared in the book Jüdisches Ceremoniel (Jewish Ceremonial Customs), by Paul Christian Kirchner, a Jewish convert to Christianity. The first…

Contributor:

Paul Christian Kirchner

Places:

Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (Nuremberg, Germany)

Date:

1724

Subjects:

Life cycle, Marriage, Synagogue, Ethnography, Conversion

Categories:

Print & book culture, Cartooning & graphic art, Dress & Adornment
Print engraving with groups of people in room talking, with open door to another room in background.
Jewish Clothing from Fürth
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In 1705, the Nuremberg artist, Johannes Alexander Böner, published a slim volume about Fürth, Germany, containing several copper-engravings dealing with the life of Jews in the city. This print…

Contributor:

Johannes Alexander Böner

Places:

Fürth, Holy Roman Empire (Fürth, Germany)

Date:

1705

Subjects:

Print, Cities, Dress, Christian-Jewish relations, Ethnography

Categories:

Print & book culture, Cartooning & graphic art
Drawing of six people wearing various clothing styles, including ruffs, dresses, and cloaks.