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Death to the Abbott [Der Tod zum Abt]

Maker

(artist)
1799-1850

After
(artist)
died 1775

(lithographer)

(publisher)

Title

Death to the Abbott [Der Tod zum Abt]

Date of Production

1840

Medium

Hand-coloured lithograph

Dimensions

Height: 28.8 cm
Width: 22.2 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.7096.13

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.12.; upper centre, printed: Der Tod zum Abt. / Herr Abt! ich zieh euch die Yfflen ab, / Deßhalb nutzt euch nicht mehr der Stab: / Sind ihr g'wesen ein guter Hirt / Hie eurer Schaaf, die Ehr euch wird.; lower centre, printed: Antwort des Abts. / Ich hab mich als ein Abt erhebt, / Und in hohen Ehren g'lebt: / Auch setzt sich niemand wider mich, / Dannoch bin ich dem Tod geleich. / Hasler & Cie., éditeurs lithogr. à Basle.; lower left, printed: HHess pinxt.; lower right, printed: Danzer lithog. Verso: stamped in blue: M

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