Print with 9 images of Jewish street peddlers in NYC
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 12.000 inches (30.48 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm)
Creator(s)
- Peter Ehrenthal (Compiler)
- G.W. Averell & Co. (Artist)
Biographical History
The Katz Ehrenthal Collection is a collection of more than 900 objects depicting Jews and antisemitic and anti-Jewish propaganda from the medieval to the modern era, in Europe, Russia, and the United States. The collection was amassed by Peter Ehrenthal, a Romanian Holocaust survivor, to document the pervasive history of anti-Jewish hatred in Western art, politics and popular culture. It includes crude folk art as well as pieces created by Europe's finest craftsmen, prints and periodical illustrations, posters, paintings, decorative art, and toys and everyday household items decorated with depictions of stereotypical Jewish figures.
Archival History
The print was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by the Katz Family.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Katz Family
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
Print with 9 illustration of street peddlers, most clearly Jewish, in New York City, including food sellers, a tie seller, and a coal seller. It is from the G.W. Averell publication, Pictures of New York Life and Character. This print is one of more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic visual materials.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Print featuring 9 scenes of lower class street life in New York City. It is from the G.W. Averell publication, Pictures of New York Life and Character.
Subjects
- Jews in art.
- Jews--Caricatures and cartoons--United States--19th century.
- Stereotypes (Social psychology) in art.
- Jewish peddlers--United States--19th century--Pictorial works.
- Antisemitism in art.
Genre
- Art
- Object