Auction 91 Part 1 Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art

"The Different Classes of Human Life" – Antisemitic Print – Frankfurt, mid-19th Century

Opening: $150
Sold for: $188
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Die verschiedenen Stände im menschlichen Leben [The Different Classes of Human Life], hand-colored lithograph. Frankfurt a.M.: E. G. May & Wirsing, [ca. mid-19th century]. German.
Antisemitic print depicting seven figures on an ascending and then descending staircase (a variation on the theme of the Stages of Life) – Emperor, nobleman, pastor, Jew, soldier and farmer. Beneath each figure is a saying representing its economic status. The Jew, who stands on the highest step, says: "I have to live on the profit".
25.5X34 cm. Fair condition. Mounted on card. Closed and open tears to edges. Creases and fold lines. Stains.
Antisemitism, The Holocaust and Sheerit HaPletah
Antisemitism, The Holocaust and Sheerit HaPletah