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Death to the King [Tod zur Konig]

Maker

(artist)
1799-1850

After
(artist)
died 1775

(lithographer)

(publisher)

Title

Death to the King [Tod zur Konig]

Date of Production

1840

Medium

Hand-coloured lithograph

Dimensions

Height: 28.8 cm
Width: 22 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.7096.6

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. 5.; upper centre, printed: Der Tod zum König. / Herr König! eu'r G'walt hat ein End, / Ich führ euch hie bey meiner Händ, / An diesen dürren Brüder-Tanz, / Da giebt man euch deß Todes Kranz.; lower centre, printed: Antwort des Königs. / Ich hab gewaltiglich gelebt, / Und in hohen Ehren geschwebt: / Nun bin ich in des Todes Banden, / Verstricket sehr in seinen Handen. / Hasler & Cie., éditeurs lithogr à Basle.; lower left, printed: HHess pinxit; lower right: Danzer lith. Verso: stamped in blue: M

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