Death to the Bishop [Der Tod zum Bischoff]
Maker
(artist)
1799-1850
After
(artist)
died 1775
(lithographer)
(publisher)
1799-1850
After
(artist)
died 1775
(lithographer)
(publisher)
Title
Death to the Bishop [Der Tod zum Bischoff]
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.7096.9
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. 8.; upper centre, printed: Der Tod zum Bischoff. / Euer Würde hat sich verkehrt, / Herr Bischoff weis und wolgelehrt! / Ich wil euch in den Reihen ziehen, / Ihr mögen dem Tod nicht entfliehen.; lower centre, printed: Antwort des Bischoffs. / Ich bin gar hoch geachtet worden, / Dieweil ich lebt in Bischoffs - Orden; / Nun ziehen mich die Ungeschaffnen / An ihren Tanz, als einen Affen. / Hasler & Cie., éditeurs lithog. à Basle.; lower left, printed: HHess pinxt.; lower right, printed: Danzer lithog.
Verso: stamped in blue: M
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