Death to the Executioner [Der Tod zum Scharfrichter]
Maker
(artist)
1799-1850
After
(artist)
died 1775
(lithographer)
(publisher)
1799-1850
After
(artist)
died 1775
(lithographer)
(publisher)
Title
Death to the Executioner [Der Tod zum Scharfrichter]
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.7096.30
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. 30.; upper centre, printed: Der Tod zum Scharfrichter. / Auf, Blutmensch mit dem scharfen Schwerdt! / (Obschon von Fach, mir lieb und werth);- / Ich sah Verbrecher samt den Guten, / Von deinen Henkerstreichen bluten.;
lower centre, printed: Antwort des Scharfrichters. / Geköpft, gerädert, strangulirt / Hab ich, und sonst noch maltraitirt; / Ich war nur Werkzeug meiner Herren, / Sie solltest du zum Tanz begehren. / Hasler & Cie., éditeurs lithog. à Basle.; lower left, printed: HHess pinxt.; lower right, printed: Danzer lithog.
Verso: stamped in blue: M
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