Moritz von Bethmann

Moritz von Bethmann as seen by a caricaturist.[1]

Philipp Heinrich Moritz Alexander von Bethmann (from 1854: Freiherr von Bethmann), born 8 October 1811 in Frankfurt am Main, died 2 December 1877 in Frankfurt am Main, was a German banker.

  1. ^ The picture was accompanied by a verse,

    Moritz Herr von Bethmann heißt er,
    dem Vater gleicht er von Gesicht;
    doch im übrigen beweist er,
    der alte Bethmann ist er nicht.

    (von Bethmann, Moritz is his name,
    his likeness and his father's are the same;
    in every other known respect
    old Bethmann he does not reflect.)