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Death to the Executioner [Der Tod zum Scharfrichter]

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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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