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Death to the Duchess [Der Tod zum Herzogin]

Maker

(artist)
1799-1850

After
(artist)
died 1775

(lithographer)

(publisher)

Title

Death to the Duchess [Der Tod zum Herzogin]

Date of Production

1840

Medium

Hand-coloured lithograph

Dimensions

Height: 28.8 cm
Width: 22.3 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.7096.11

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.10.; upper centre, printed: Der Tod zur Herzogin. / Frau Herzogin, sind wolgemuth! / Ob ihr schon sind vom edlen Blut, / Hochgeachtet auf dieser Erd, / Hab ich euch dennoch lieb und werth. lower centre, printed: Antwort der Herzogin. / Ach Gott, der armen Lauten Thon! / Muß ich mit dem Greuling darvon: / Heut Herzogin, und nimmermeh, / Ach Angst und Noth, O weh, O weh! / Hasler & Cie., éditeurs lithog. à Basle.; lower left, printed: HHess pinxt.; lower right, printed: Danzer lithogr. Verso: stamped in blue: M

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