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Death to the Musician [Der Tod zum Kirbepfeiffer]

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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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