“Hascheln! Habts Acht! …”
AUCTION 68 |
Thursday, April 07th,
2016 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art
Lot 98
(VIENNA).
“Hascheln! Habts Acht! …”
Vienna, 1848:
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
PRICE REALIZED $4,250
The Jewish National Guard during the Vienna Uprising of the Austrian Revolution of 1848. Here they are cynically portrayed being led by a flag entitled: “Profit.”
See Eduard Fuchs, Die Juden in der Karikatur: Ein Beitrag zur Kulturgeschichte (1921) p. 128.