Death to the Councilman [Der Tod zum Rathsherrn]
Maker
(artist)
1799-1850
After
(artist)
died 1775
(lithographer)
(publisher)
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
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
Keywords
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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