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Death to the Duke [Der Tod zum Herzog]

Maker

(artist)
1799-1850

After
(artist)
died 1775

(lithographer)

(publisher)

Title

Death to the Duke [Der Tod zum Herzog]

Date of Production

1840

Medium

Hand-coloured lithograph

Dimensions

Height: 28.9 cm
Width: 22.2 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.7096.10

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: upper right, printed: No.9.; upper centre, printed: Der Tod zum Herzog. / Habt ihr mit Frauen hoch gesprungen, / Stolzer Herzog! ists euch wol g'lungen: / Das müßt ihr an dem Reihen büssen; / Wohl her g'lust euch die Todt'n zu grüssen.; lower centre, printed: Antwort des Herzogs. / O Mord! muß ich so flux darvon, / Land, Leut, Weib, Kind dahinten lon: / So erbarm sich Gott in seim Reich, / Jetzund werd ich meim Tänzer gleich. / Hasler & Cie., éditeurs lithogrs. à Basle.; lower left, printed: HHess pinxt.; lower right, printed: Danzer lithog. Verso: stamped in blue: M

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