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Death to the Mayor [Der Tod zum Schultheiß]

Maker

(artist)
1799-1850

After
(artist)
died 1775

(lithographer)

(publisher)

Title

Death to the Mayor [Der Tod zum Schultheiß]

Date of Production

1840

Medium

Hand-coloured lithograph

Dimensions

Height: 28.8 cm
Width: 22.2 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.7096.29

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. 29.; upper centre, printed: Der Tod zum Schultheiß. / Herr Schultheiß, auf! denn es ist Zeit, / Daß Leib und Seel mit einander streit: / Das thu ich auf der Leyren singen, / Dem Liedlein möget ihr nachspringen.; lower centre, printed: Antwort des Schultheißen. / Mein Amt hab ich mit Fleiß versehen; / Hoff es sey niemand Unrecht g'schehen: / Am G'richt dem Reichen wie dem Armen. / O Gott! du wöllst dich mein erbarmen. / Hasler & Cie., éditeurs liths. à Basle.; lower left, printed: HHess pinxt.; lower right, printed: Danzer lithog. Verso: stamped in blue: M

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