Lot 311
"The Lamentation of the Wandering Jew" – An Anti-Semitic Hand-Colored Brroadside – France, Late 19th Century
Véritable Complainte du Juif-errant [The Lamentation of the Wandering Jew], Imagerie d'Épinal, No. 5. [France]: Pellerin & Cie., [late 19th century]. French.
An anti-Ssemitic broadside, with a (hand-colored) illustration depicting the stereotypical figure of the wandering Jew, wearing worn clothes, surrounded by people on a street of a city. Beneath the illustration there is a rhymed song relating the legend of the Wandering Jew, with the musical notes of the song above it.
29.5x40 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Creases and small tears to edges.
