Lot 188
Anti-Semitic Engraving –"Suss the Jew" – 1738
Engraving portraying Joseph Süß Oppenheimer ("Suss the Jew"), by Matthäus Deisch. Stuttgart, 1738. German.
Oppenheimer's portrait in a frame. A medallion below shows the hanging cage in which Oppenheimer's body was held after his execution. Anti-Semitic text in the bottom of the print.
Approx. 28.5X20 cm. Good condition. Stains, some creases and tears to margins. Horizontal folding mark. Papers pasted at corners, on verso.
