Author: Lenepveu, V; Auguste-Victor Lenepveu (author); Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935 - subject)
Title: Nathan Mayer Ou L'Origine Des Milliards!. No. 42. ( Antoine Monis , Fils Et Secrétaire Particulier Du Ministre de la Justice,). Original Lithograph from the Anti-Dreyfusard Series "Musée Des Horreurs.
Description: Paris: Imp. Lenepveu, 1900. Handcolored lithograph. 65.2 x 50 cm. Unmounted, marginal tears and creasing with small loss. Caricature of Nathan Meyer Rothschild (1777-1836) as a dog scavenging gold pieces on the battlefield of Waterloo. Nathan Meyer Rothschild, a Jew and member of the British House of Lords, was a member of the prominent Rothschild family of Jewish financiers that became easy targets for anti-semitic outrage during the Dreyfus Affair even though they had little or no direct involvement.. Le financier Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777-1836), en charognard, creuse le champ de bataille de Waterloo, recouvert d'ossements, pour en tirer des pièces d'or. Selon une rumeur relayée par des auteurs antisémites tels qu'Édouard Demachy, Nathan se serait enrichi en spéculant sur l'issue de la bataille.. The story of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army is widely known. Falsely accused of treason for selling military secrets to Germany and convicted of treason by a secret military commission, Dreyfus was stripped of his rank and imprisoned on Devils' Island. It was only after the affair had dragged on for a dozen years that Dreyfus was finally cleared of all charges by the court of appeals. French society was deeply divided by the Dreyfus case and hostile rhetoric led to widespread anti-Semitic expression in the popular press. This scarce series of intensely provocative color lithographs was only one example of the virulent reaction to the Dreyfus Affair. The identity of the artist who signed each of the drawings (in the plates) is unknown beyond the pseudonym of V. Lenepveu. It is probable that the series was promulgated by Léon Hayard, the independent publisher who distributed a wide variety of anti-Dreyfus material including posters, pamphlets and even knick-knacks. In addition to provocative images of Alfred Dreyfus and Emile Zola, the journalist who took up Dreyfus' cause and penned the famous missive J'accuse, the remaining caricatures by Lenepveu excoriate a variety of prominent Dreyfusards, Republican statesmen and Jews, including no fewer than eight separate representations of members of the prominent Jewish Rothschild family. The publication of Musée des Horreurs was halted by the police after 51 numbers had been published. .
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Title: Nathan Mayer Ou L'Origine Des Milliards!. No. 42. ( Antoine Monis , Fils Et Secrétaire Particulier Du Ministre de la Justice,). Original Lithograph from the Anti-Dreyfusard Series "Musée Des Horreurs.
Description: Paris: Imp. Lenepveu, 1900. Handcolored lithograph. 65.2 x 50 cm. Unmounted, marginal tears and creasing with small loss. Caricature of Nathan Meyer Rothschild (1777-1836) as a dog scavenging gold pieces on the battlefield of Waterloo. Nathan Meyer Rothschild, a Jew and member of the British House of Lords, was a member of the prominent Rothschild family of Jewish financiers that became easy targets for anti-semitic outrage during the Dreyfus Affair even though they had little or no direct involvement.. Le financier Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777-1836), en charognard, creuse le champ de bataille de Waterloo, recouvert d'ossements, pour en tirer des pièces d'or. Selon une rumeur relayée par des auteurs antisémites tels qu'Édouard Demachy, Nathan se serait enrichi en spéculant sur l'issue de la bataille.. The story of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army is widely known. Falsely accused of treason for selling military secrets to Germany and convicted of treason by a secret military commission, Dreyfus was stripped of his rank and imprisoned on Devils' Island. It was only after the affair had dragged on for a dozen years that Dreyfus was finally cleared of all charges by the court of appeals. French society was deeply divided by the Dreyfus case and hostile rhetoric led to widespread anti-Semitic expression in the popular press. This scarce series of intensely provocative color lithographs was only one example of the virulent reaction to the Dreyfus Affair. The identity of the artist who signed each of the drawings (in the plates) is unknown beyond the pseudonym of V. Lenepveu. It is probable that the series was promulgated by Léon Hayard, the independent publisher who distributed a wide variety of anti-Dreyfus material including posters, pamphlets and even knick-knacks. In addition to provocative images of Alfred Dreyfus and Emile Zola, the journalist who took up Dreyfus' cause and penned the famous missive J'accuse, the remaining caricatures by Lenepveu excoriate a variety of prominent Dreyfusards, Republican statesmen and Jews, including no fewer than eight separate representations of members of the prominent Jewish Rothschild family. The publication of Musée des Horreurs was halted by the police after 51 numbers had been published. .
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- Book number: 16-3768
- Book number: 16-3768
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