Death to the Emperess [Tod zur Kayserin]
Maker
(artist)
1799-1850
After
(artist)
died 1775
(lithographer)
(publisher)
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
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
Keywords
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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