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Death to the Emperess [Tod zur Kayserin]

Maker

(artist)
1799-1850

After
(artist)
died 1775

(lithographer)

(publisher)

Title

Death to the Emperess [Tod zur Kayserin]

Date of Production

1840

Medium

Hand-coloured lithograph

Dimensions

Height: 28.9 cm
Width: 22.3 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.7096.5

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 right, printed: No. 4.; upper centre, printed: Der Tod zur Kayserin. / Ich tanz euch vor, Frau Kayserin! / Springet hernach, der Tanz ist mein: / Eur Hofleut sind von euch gewichen, / Der Tod hat euch hie auch erschlichen.; lower centre, printed: Antwort der Kayserin. / Viel Wollüst hatt mein stolzer Leib: / Ich lebt' als eines Kaysers Weib; / Nun muß ich an diesen Tanz kommen, / Mir ist all Muth und Freud genommen.; lower left, printed: HHess pinxt.; lower right, printed: Danzer lithog.; lower centre, printed: Hasler & Cie., éditeurs lithogs. à Basle. Verso: lower right, stamped in blue: M

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