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Death to the Count [Der Tod zum Grafen]

Maker

(artist)
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

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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