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    Artist

  • Unknown Artist

    • Title

  • Caricature of Ignaz Kuranda

  • Physical Description

    1 drawing : pencil on paper ; 44.1 x 32 cm

  • Date

    circa 1885

  • Summary

    Ignaz Kuranda is shown in a Roman toga and modern shirt collar holding a scroll. Inscription in German: "Poor Kuranda, how insulted you feel by these mean jokes. You have never been told that people adored you after your death".

    Title devised by cataloger. Signed lower right in illegible script (Backhus or Bachkey?).

  • Depicted

    Kuranda, Ignaz, 1812-1884

  • Subject

    Journalists; Politicians; Men, Portraits; Nineteenth century

  • Genre

    Portraits; Caricatures

  • Medium

    Drawings

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

Ignaz Kuranda (1812-84) was a Prague born, German-Jewish writer and liberal politician in the Austrian parliament. He was devoted to Jewish causes, serving as president of the Jewish community of Vienna and vice-president of the Israelitische Allianz zu Wien. His son Camillo (1851-1919) was a civil servant and specialist in classical Roman law.

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Citation

Unknown Artist: Caricature of Ignaz Kuranda, Leo Baeck Institute, 78.575a.