The humorist

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The humorist (1893)

The Humorist is a magazine published from 1837 to 1926 with the title "a magazine for joke and seriousness, art, theater, sociability and custom". In the years 1837 to 1848 "The Humorist" was listed without any further addition. Then with "a people's paper for all interests of law and light, for life and art, for seriousness, joke and satyr, together with pictorial, satyrical supplements under the title: Caricature album".

The magazine published in Vienna initially appeared four times a week, from October 1858 5 times a week and from 1844 on every working day. From April to November 1859 the magazine was only published twice a week, then only once a week. The humorist was not published from September 12 to December 1, 1851, and the Monday edition from January to March 1859. From November 1859 to 1861 the magazine was only published as a Monday paper.

imprint

  • Moritz Gottlieb Saphir (Ed., Red., Later: Eig., Red.);
  • 10-22 September 1858: MG Saphir (Eig.);
  • from November 17, 1858: JB Saphir (Eig., Hrsg., Verl.)

printer

  • Leopold Grund;
  • from March 1, 1859: J. Holzwarth;
  • from April 4, 1859: Josef Stöckholzer v. Hirschfeld;
  • from January 16, 1860: Anton Schweigern;
  • from January 4, 1862: F. Fridrich;
  • from February 22, 1862: Josef Stöckholzer v. Hirschfeld.

editorial staff

  • MG sapphire;
  • from September 23, 1858: Heinrich Ritter von Levitschnigg ;
  • from March 4, 1859: JB Saphir;
  • 14.-21. November 1858: Conrad Böhringer (admin. Head);
  • from January 4, 1862: Vinzenz Völkl (Admin.).

literature

  • Helmut Swoboda : "The humorist". A contribution to Austrian press history . Dissertation. University of Vienna, Vienna 1948.
  • Helmut W. Lang (Eds.), Ladislaus Lang, Wilma Buchinger: Austrian retrospective bibliography (ORBI) . (Edited at the Austrian National Library ). Series 2: Austrian Newspapers 1492–1945 , Volume 2: Bibliography of Austrian Newspapers 1621–1945. A-M . K. G. Saur, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-598-23384-1 .

Web links

Commons : The Humorist  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files