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Death to the Abbess [Der Tod zum Achtißin]

Maker

(artist)
1799-1850

After
(artist)
died 1775

(lithographer)

(publisher)

Title

Death to the Abbess [Der Tod zum Achtißin]

Date of Production

1840

Medium

Hand-coloured lithograph

Dimensions

Height: 28.8 cm
Width: 22.2 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.7096.22

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.21.; upper centre, printed: Der Tod zur Achtißin. / Gnädige Frau Achtißin rein! / Wie habt ihr so ein Bäuchlein klein? / Doch will ich euch das nicht verweisen, / Ich wollt mich eh in Finger beißen.; lower centre, printed: Antwort der Achtißin. / Ich hab gelesen aus dem Psalter / In dem Chore vor dem Fronalter: / Nun wil mich helffen hie kein Betten, / Ich muß dem Tod auch nachtretten. / Hasler & Cie., éditeurs lithog. à Basle.; lower right, printed: Danzer lithog.; lower left, printed: HHess pinxt. Verso: stamped in blue: M

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