Death to the Cobbler [Der Tod zum Schuster]
Maker
(artist)
1799-1850
After
(artist)
died 1775
(lithographer)
(publisher)
1799-1850
After
(artist)
died 1775
(lithographer)
(publisher)
Title
Death to the Cobbler [Der Tod zum Schuster]
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.7096.40
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. 40.; upper margin, printed: Der Tod zum Schuster. / Kimm her, du alter Sawatier! / Sprich kurz, thut dir mein Knieriem' weh? - / Vorben ist's nun mit Fleck und Sohlen, / Ich thu dich auf die Bunft abholen.; lower margin, printed: Antwort des Schusters. / Halt! ich bin nicht von Giseblech, / Daß du mich also führst in's Pech; / Ich war genug geplagt im Leben, / Was willst du mir noch Schläge geben? / Hasler & Cie., éditeurs lithogr. à Basle.; lower left, printed: HHess pinxt.; lower right, printed: Danzer lithog.
Verso: stamped in blue: M
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