The Wandering Jew - collection of items. 19th century and early 20th century

The Wandering Jew - collection of items. 19th century and early 20th century

The Wandering Jew - 12 paper items - Illustrations, booklets, illustrated posters postcards and cards. 19th century and early 20th century.

• Hand-drawn painting of the Wandering Jew and the inscription - "Costume du Juif errant" - "Clothes of the Wandering Jew" (French), 19th century.

• "Une nouvelle infortune du juif reeant" - "A New Disaster of the Wandering Jew" - A caricature showing the Wandering Jew being caught by a policeman at the entrance to a carriage. From a French newspaper, 19th century. 

• TYPE VENDOMOIS - An engraving of the Wandering Jew disguised as a French soldier with a picture of the Wandering Jew in a shop window. 27x21 cm. 

• Lithograph of the Wandering Jew against the backdrop of two girls riding a horse and the inscription: "rabat joie..? ou es-tu..?" - "Where are you" and "Scene of the Wandering Jew", published by liyh gros in Belfort. 

• Advertising card for a shoe seller on De Mons Avenue. In front is a painted picture of the Wandering Jew and the inscription: "What is the Wandering Jew looking for?" (French). 

• Postcard depicting a scene from the play "The Wandering Jew". Mailed in 1903. 

• Advertisement for a constipation remedy, on the front is a colorful illustration of a worker next to a pole that reads: "The mystery of the Wandering Jew of Paris". 

• Musical notation booklet for the wandering jew song "Le juif errant Grande valse brillante" - "Magnificent Waltz". 

• Les Chansons en vogue - Musical notation booklet for seven songs. Among them the song of the Wandering Jew. Paris, c.1900. 

• Real photo postcard of a crowd at a funeral as above a shop hangs a large sign reading: "AU JUIF ERRANT". Toulouse. Mailed in 1908. 

• Advertising postcard for the French alcoholic beverage St. Raphael Quinquina that makes use of the well-known concept of the "Wandering Jew". An illustration of a group of runners in an Olympic stadium and the text: "3000 meters per  group. Why did the Wandering Jew walk for so long because he probably drank St. Raphael Quinquina" (French). 

• Postcard depicting a scene of the Wandering Jew walking on waves in the midst of a storm at sea and the lyrics: "I cross rivers, streams, deserts, forests, mountains and hills, valleys and plains, all roads are good for me!"

Various sizes. Overall good - very good condition.