He was stout fat all over rather than corpulent and had that look of command in his face which has become common to master-butchers, probably by long intercourse with sheep and oxen.
The case for Trollope being anti-semitic is harder to support, however, when one considers the behavior of his Jewish characters.

Brehgert, whose physical description above is stereotypic, is one of the few characters in _The Way We Live Now_ whose actions are completely honorable.

Trollope wrote 16 novels before _Nina Balatka_; only two of those contain Jewish characters.

The first, who plays a minor role in _Orley Farm_ (1862), is Soloman Aram, an attorney--a Victorian Rumpole -- known for defending the accused at the Old Bailey.

His skill is needed to defend Lady Mason against a charge of perjury, much to the distaste of her Christian advisors.