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Death to the Cook [Der Tod zum Koch]

Maker

(artist)
1799-1850

After
(artist)
died 1775

(lithographer)

(publisher)

Title

Death to the Cook [Der Tod zum Koch]

Date of Production

1840

Medium

Hand-coloured lithograph

Dimensions

Height: 28.8 cm
Width: 21.7 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.7096.36

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 margin, printed: No. 36.; upper centre, printed: Der Tod zum Koch. / Komm her, Hans Koch! du must darvon, / Wie bist so feist, du kanst kaum gohn: / Hast du schon kocht viel süsser Schleck, / Wird dir jetzt saur, du must hinweg.; lower margin, printed: Antwort des Kochs. / Ich hab kocht Hüner, Gäns und Fisch / Meim Herren vielmal über Tisch, / Wildbrät, Pasteten, Marcipan. / O weh meins Bauchs! ich muß darvon. / Hasler & Cie., éditeurs lithogr. à Basle.; lower left, printed: HHess pinx.; lower right, printed: G.Danzer lith. Verso: stamped in blue: M

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