Death to the Cook [Der Tod zum Koch]
Maker
(artist)
1799-1850
After
(artist)
died 1775
(lithographer)
(publisher)
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
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
Keywords
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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