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