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Death to the Cobbler [Der Tod zum Schuster]

Maker

(artist)
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

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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