Fox stands on the stoop outside the tavern’s doorway. He gestures with his left hand as he talks to Charles Fox, the rotund, tavern keeper standing opposite beneath a sign bearing a crown and text. He stands beneath a bunch of grapes in right-facing profile, which emphasizes his stereotypically large, hooked nose. On the left, the Jewish man wears heavily tattered clothing and holds an over-sized book under his arm. He stands beside a tavern with nine well-dressed gentlemen inside. Physical Description Colorful etching of a political cartoon printed on discolored, cream-colored paper, depicting a Jewish man in conversation with a tavern keeper. This print is one of the more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic artifacts and visual materials. This perceived aspect was often depicted as a shabbily dressed Jew interacting with more respectable-looking members of the public.
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This canard stems from the economic and professional restrictions placed on early European Jews, which forced many into occupations such as money changing or lending and banking. They were often portrayed as hoping only to enrich themselves, typically at the expense of others. This further association between the Ministry and thieves is another allusion to Jews, who were stereotypically described as greedy, unscrupulous, disloyal, and untrustworthy wrongdoers. The play was licensed in March 1806, and became a popular show that year. Sheridan, the red-faced figure in the tavern, was also the playwright responsible for The Forty Thieves, referenced in the title of the cartoon. Many critics questioned his associations with Jews. Fox was a gambler and notorious for his indebtedness to Jewish moneylenders. Fox converses with a shabbily dressed Jewish man regarding reform plans, while depicted as a manager of a tavern frequented by ministry members. Following the death of William Pitt the younger, William Grenville created a governing body containing representatives of the three major political parliamentary groups of the era, including Charles Fox and Richard Sheridan. The original is a commentary on Whig Party leader, Charles Fox, and the recently formed Ministry of All the Talents (active 1806-1807) in Great Britain. A variation of an etching created in March 1806 by caricaturist and political satirist, Isaac Cruikshank.
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