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Death to the Knight [Der Tod zum Ritter]

Maker

(artist)
1799-1850

After
(artist)
died 1775

(lithographer)

(publisher)

Title

Death to the Knight [Der Tod zum Ritter]

Date of Production

1840

Medium

Hand-coloured lithograph

Dimensions

Height: 28.8 cm
Width: 22.2 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.7096.14

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.13.; upper centre, printed: Der Tod zum Ritter. / Herr Ritter! ihr sind angeschrieben, / Ritterschafft die müssen ihr treiben, / Mit dem Tode und seinen Knechten; / Es hilfft weder Streiten noch Fechten.; lower centre, printed: Antwort des Ritters. / Ich als ein strenger Ritter gut / Hab der Welt dient mit hohem Muth; / Nun bin ich wider Ritters-Orden, / An diesen Tanz gezwungen worden. / Hasler & Cie., éditeurs lithog. à Basle.; lower left, printed: HHess pinxt.; lower right, printed: Danzer lithog. Verso: stamped in blue: M

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