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Death to the Noblewoman [Der Tod zum Edelfrau]

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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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