Death to the Noblewoman [Der Tod zum Edelfrau]
Maker
(artist)
1799-1850
After
(artist)
died 1775
(lithographer)
(publisher)
1799-1850
After
(artist)
died 1775
(lithographer)
(publisher)
Title
Death to the Noblewoman [Der Tod zum Edelfrau]
Date of Production
1840
Medium
Hand-coloured lithograph
Dimensions
Height: 28.8 cm
Width: 22.2 cm
Width: 22.2 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.7096.20
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.19.; upper centre, printed: Der Tod zur Edelfrau. / Vom Adel Frau laßt euer Pflanzen, / Ihr müsset jetzt hie mit mir tanzen; / Ich schon nicht euers geelen Haar, / Was seht ihr in den Spiegel klar?; lower centre, printed: Antwort der Edelfrau. / O Angst und Noth! wie ist mir b'schehen? / Den Tod hab ich im Spiegel g'sehen; / Mich hat erschreckt sein greulich G'stalt, / Daß mir das Herz im Leib ist kalt. / Hasler & Cie., éditeurs lithogs. à Basle.; lower right, printed: Danzer lithog.; lower left, printed: HHess pinxt
Verso: stamped in blue: M
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