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Death to the Merchant [Der Tod zum Kauffmann]

Maker

(artist)
1799-1850

After
(artist)
died 1775

(lithographer)

(publisher)

Title

Death to the Merchant [Der Tod zum Kauffmann]

Date of Production

1840

Medium

Hand-coloured lithograph

Dimensions

Height: 28.8 cm
Width: 22.2 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.7096.21

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: within image on rock, printed: HH 03; upper right, printed: No.20.; upper centre, printed: Der Tod zum Kauffmann. / Herr Kauffmann, lasset euer Werben, / Die Zeit ist hie, ihr müsset sterben: / Der Tod nimmt weder Geld noch Gut, / Nun tanzet her mit freyem Muth.; lower centre, printed: Antwort des Kauffmanns. / Ich hatt' mich zu leben versorget wohl, / Kisten und Kästen waren voll: / Der Tod hat meine Gaab verschmacht, / Und mich um Leib und Leben bracht. / Hasler & Cie., éditeurs lithogr à Basle.; lower left, printed: HHess pinxt.; lower right, printed: Danzer lithog. Verso: stamped in blue: M

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