Death to the Musician [Der Tod zum Kirbepfeiffer]
Maker
(artist)
1799-1850
After
(artist)
died 1775
(lithographer)
(publisher)
1799-1850
After
(artist)
died 1775
(lithographer)
(publisher)
Title
Death to the Musician [Der Tod zum Kirbepfeiffer]
Date of Production
1840
Medium
Hand-coloured lithograph
Dimensions
Height: 28.8 cm
Width: 22.3 cm
Width: 22.3 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.7096.27
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. 27.; upper centre, printed: Der Tod zum Kirbepfeiffer. / Was wollen wir für ein Tänzle haben: / Den Bettler oder schwarzen Knaben? / Mein Kirbe-Hans, s'Spiel wär nicht ganz, / Wärst du nicht auch an diesem Tanz.; lower centre, printed: Antwort des Kirbepfeiffers. / Kein Kirb war mir wegshalb zu weit, / Davon ich nicht hab bracht mein Beut, / Nun ists aus, weg muß ich mit Noth, / Die Pfeiff ist g'fallen mir in Koth. / Hasler & Cie., éditeurs lith. à Basle.; lower left, printed: Hess pinxt.; lower right, printed: Danzer lith.
Verso: stamped in blue: M
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