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Death to the Councilman [Der Tod zum Rathsherrn]

Maker

(artist)
1799-1850

After
(artist)
died 1775

(lithographer)

(publisher)

Title

Death to the Councilman [Der Tod zum Rathsherrn]

Date of Production

1840

Medium

Hand-coloured lithograph

Dimensions

Height: 28.9 cm
Width: 22.4 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.7096.16

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.15.; upper centre, printed: Der Tod zum Rathsherrn. / Sind ihr ein Herr g'wesen der Stadt, / Den man im Rath gebrauchet hatt': / Habt ihrs wohl g'rathen, ists euch gut, / Wird euch auch abziehen den Hut.; lower centre, printed: Anwort des Rathsherrn. / Ich hab mich g'flissen Tag und Nacht, / Daß der Gemein Nutz werd betracht: / Sucht Reich und Armer Nutz und Ehr; / Was mich gut dunkt', macht' ich das Mehr. / Hasler & Cie., éditeurs lithogs. à Basle.; lower left, printed: HHess pinxt; lower right, printed: Danzer lithog. Verso: stamped in blue: M

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