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