Death to the Emperor [Tod zum Kayser]
Maker
(artist)
1799-1850
After
(artist)
died 1775
(lithographer)
(publisher)
1799-1850
After
(artist)
died 1775
(lithographer)
(publisher)
Title
Death to the Emperor [Tod zum Kayser]
Date of Production
1840
Medium
Hand-coloured lithograph
Dimensions
Height: 28.9 cm
Width: 22.1 cm
Width: 22.1 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.7096.4
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 left, printed: No. 3.; upper centre, printed: Der Tod zum Kayser. / Herr Kayser mit dem graven Bart, / Eur Reu habt ihr zu lang gespart, / Drum sperrt euch nicht, Ihr müßt darvon, / Und tanz'n nach meiner Pfeiffen Thon.; lower centre, printed: Antwort des Kaisers. / Ich kunnte das Reich gar wohl mehren / Mit Streiten, Fechten, Unrecht wehren; / Uun hat der Tod uberwunden mich, / Daß ich bin keinem Kayser gleich.; lower left, printed: HHess pinxt.; lower right, printed: Danzer lithog.; lower centre, printed: Hasler & Cie., éditeurs lithog. à Basle.
Verso: stamped in blue: M
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