Death to the Count [Der Tod zum Grafen]
Maker
(artist)
1799-1850
After
(artist)
died 1775
(lithographer)
(publisher)
1799-1850
After
(artist)
died 1775
(lithographer)
(publisher)
Title
Death to the Count [Der Tod zum Grafen]
Date of Production
1840
Medium
Hand-coloured lithograph
Dimensions
Height: 28.9 cm
Width: 22.3 cm
Width: 22.3 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.7096.12
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
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: upper right, printed: No.11.; upper centre, printed: Der Tod zum Grafen. / Herr Graf, gebt mir das Botten Brod! / Es zeucht euch hin der bitter Tod: / Lasst euch nicht reuen Weib und Kind; / Ihr müsst tanzen mit diesem G'sind.; lower centre, printed: Antwort des Grafen. / In dieser Welt war ich bekannt, / Darzu ein edler Graf genannt: / Nun bin ich von dem Tod gefällt, / Und her an diesen Tanz gestellt. / Hasler & Cie., éditeurs liths. à Basle.; lower left, printed: HHess pinxt.; lower right, printed: Danzer lith.
Verso: stamped in blue: M
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