Wilhelm Marstrand. Goldschmidt's Regiments of Terror, satirical drawing, 1840s

Automatic translation from Danish.

Wilhelm Marstrand (1810-1873). Goldschmidt's Regiments of Terror, drawing with sepia on paper, unsigned. Dimensions: 24 x 16 cm (41 x 32 cm).
The drawing is a satire on the feared, sharp and satirical criticism that the young, liberal writer Meïr Aron Goldschmidt (1819-1887) exercised through his popular and sensational Copenhagen weekly magazine 'Corsaren', which he published in 1840-46. 'Corsaren' was Denmark's first satirical humor magazine of importance and at the same time functioned as an opposition newspaper on a par with decidedly political magazines. The culmination of the 'Regiment of Terror' was a dispute with Søren Kierkegaard, from which the well-known caricature of Kierkegaard originates.
In the middle of the drawing, Goldschmidt is seen with his quill like a saber, surrounded by people who fear him and whom he has ridiculed.