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Available: British Caricatures of Jews 1730-1830. Catalog. "The Jew As Other"
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Dear Friends,
We are proud to make available to you another wonderful exhibition =
catalog from the Jewish Theological Seminary Library here in New York:=20
Jewish Theological Seminary of America; Felsenstein, Frank
THE JEW AS OTHER: A CENTURY OF ENGLISH CARICATURE, 1730-1830.
AN EXHIBITION, APRIL 6-JULY 31, 1995
ISBN 0873340698
New York: The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, =
1995. Soft Cover, Square 8vo, 72 pages. Black and white illustrations =
on nearly every page.
The eighteenth century often has been dubbed "the golden age of English =
caricature". The purpose of this exhibition was to present a selection =
of caricatures of the Jews of eighteenth-century England, chosen =
primarily from the extensive holdings of the Israel Solomons Collection =
at the Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary. The JTSA library =
houses one of only three large-scale collections of such prints in the =
world, the others being those of the Department of Prints and Drawings =
in the British Museum and the privately owned collection of Mr. Alfred =
Rubens of London. Leaving aside for the moment any intrinsic artistic =
merit, the particular interest of these prints is as a social and =
pictorial record of gentile attitudes toward the Jews in a country that =
was long heralded as among the most liberal in eighteenth-century =
Europe. Despite the progressive and humanitarian ideals of the =
intellectual Enlightenment, Jews were still being depicted in English =
popular culture as they had been since medieval times, as usurious =
embezzlers, blasphemers in league with the Devil, clandestine consumers =
of roast pork and seducers of Christian virgins.=20
One commenter on the exhibit noted, "For all our own notions of racial =
awareness at the end of the twentieth century, it comes as a bit of a =
shock to find that an epoch that regularly vaunted its supposed =
rationality and common sense still gave succor to so many age-old =
popular superstitions concerning the Jews. When scholars and social =
historians look back at the twentieth century with the hindsight of two =
hundred years, will they view our era with all its atrocities as any =
less riddled with prejudice than the eighteenth century as we see it? In =
many respects, the study of this earlier period provides an appropriate =
paradigm for an understanding of our own age."
The prints chosen for this exhibition included works by the major =
successors of Hogarth, most notably James Gillray, Thomas Rowlandson, =
George Woodward, James Sayers, Isaac Cruikshank and William Heath. =
Throughout the eighteenth century, caricatures were widely available, =
being sold in print shops and on the street by itinerant peddlers =
(including Jewish peddlers as in no. 5). They are the forerunners of the =
newspaper cartoon in an age when newspapers were unillustrated. It is =
known that some found their way to North America where similar =
stereotypical attitudes are loosely represented in contemporary =
anecdotes about the Jews. Early collectors of caricatures often =
preserved them by mounting them in albums for their own personal =
amusement. Later, similar prints were issued in series or album form. By =
the 1840s, the popularity of such cartoons was to lead to the foundation =
of Punch, or the London Charivari, a satirical and humorous paper that =
ran weekly, illustrations and all, until its demise in our own serious =
(or perhaps "politically correct"!) age of the first half of the 1990s.
A beautifully produced companion to this important exhibit. New =
Condition.
$27.00
Please order your copy today!
**Please note: We will be closed from 2pm Thursday Feb. 24 until Monday =
Feb. 28. All orders received after closing time will be processed in the =
order received on Monday**
Thanks,
Dan
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Dear Friends,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><BR>We are proud to make available to=20
you another wonderful exhibition catalog from the Jewish =
Theological=20
Seminary Library here in New York:<o:p> </o:p></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=3DMsoNormal>Jewish Theological Seminary of America; =
Felsenstein,=20
Frank<BR><STRONG>THE JEW AS OTHER: A CENTURY OF ENGLISH CARICATURE,=20
1730-1830.<BR> AN EXHIBITION, APRIL 6-JULY 31, 1995</STRONG></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal>ISBN 0873340698<BR><BR>New York: The Library of The =
Jewish=20
Theological Seminary of America, 1995. Soft Cover, Square 8vo, 72 =
pages.=20
Black and white illustrations on nearly every page.<BR>The eighteenth =
century=20
often has been dubbed "the golden age of English caricature". The =
purpose of=20
this exhibition was to present a selection of caricatures of the Jews of =
eighteenth-century England, chosen primarily from the extensive holdings =
of the=20
Israel Solomons Collection at the Library of The Jewish Theological =
Seminary.=20
The JTSA library houses one of only three large-scale collections of =
such prints=20
in the world, the others being those of the Department of Prints and =
Drawings in=20
the British Museum and the privately owned collection of Mr. Alfred =
Rubens of=20
London. Leaving aside for the moment any intrinsic artistic merit, the=20
particular interest of these prints is as a social and pictorial record =
of=20
gentile attitudes toward the Jews in a country that was long heralded as =
among=20
the most liberal in eighteenth-century Europe. Despite the progressive =
and=20
humanitarian ideals of the intellectual Enlightenment, Jews were still =
being=20
depicted in English popular culture as they had been since medieval =
times, as=20
usurious embezzlers, blasphemers in league with the Devil, clandestine =
consumers=20
of roast pork and seducers of Christian virgins. </P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal>One commenter on the exhibit noted, =93For all our =
own notions=20
of racial awareness at the end of the twentieth century, it comes as a =
bit of a=20
shock to find that an epoch that regularly vaunted its supposed =
rationality and=20
common sense still gave succor to so many age-old popular superstitions=20
concerning the Jews. When scholars and social historians look back at =
the=20
twentieth century with the hindsight of two hundred years, will they =
view our=20
era with all its atrocities as any less riddled with prejudice than the=20
eighteenth century as we see it? In many respects, the study of this =
earlier=20
period provides an appropriate paradigm for an understanding of our own=20
age.=94</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal>The prints chosen for this exhibition included =
works by the=20
major successors of Hogarth, most notably James Gillray, Thomas =
Rowlandson,=20
George Woodward, James Sayers, Isaac Cruikshank and William Heath. =
Throughout=20
the eighteenth century, caricatures were widely available, being sold in =
print=20
shops and on the street by itinerant peddlers (including Jewish peddlers =
as in=20
no. 5). They are the forerunners of the newspaper cartoon in an age when =
newspapers were unillustrated. It is known that some found their way to =
North=20
America where similar stereotypical attitudes are loosely represented in =
contemporary anecdotes about the Jews. Early collectors of caricatures =
often=20
preserved them by mounting them in albums for their own personal =
amusement.=20
Later, similar prints were issued in series or album form. By the 1840s, =
the=20
popularity of such cartoons was to lead to the foundation of Punch, or =
the=20
London Charivari, a satirical and humorous paper that ran weekly, =
illustrations=20
and all, until its demise in our own serious (or perhaps "politically =
correct"!)=20
age of the first half of the 1990s.<BR><BR>A beautifully produced =
companion to=20
this important exhibit. New Condition.<BR><BR>$27.00<BR></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal>Please order your copy today!</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal>**Please note: We will be closed from 2pm Thursday =
Feb. 24=20
until Monday Feb. 28. All orders received after closing time will be =
processed=20
in the order received on Monday**</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal>Thanks,</P>
<P =
class=3DMsoNormal>Dan<BR>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR=
>Dan=20
Wyman Books LLC. <A=20
href=3D"http://www.DanWymanBooks.com">www.DanWymanBooks.com</A><BR>183 =
Ainslie=20
St. Brooklyn, NY 11211<BR>Catalogs Issued =
Browsing by=20
Appointment<BR><A=20
href=3D"mailto:dan@danwymanbooks.com">dan@danwymanbooks.com</A> &nbs=
p; v:=20
718.963.0410<BR>>>>We Find Good Homes For Nice Jewish Books=20
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