Auch ein Todtentanz aus dem Jahre 1848 [Yet another Dance of Death from the Year 1848]
Printmaker:
Schmidt, Oskar
Publisher:
Wigand, Georg
Draughtsman:
Rethel, Alfred
(After)
Drittes Blatt.' [Plate Three], printed at upper centre. Untinted wood-engraving on white wove paper. Death has entered the town and at a table outside a tavern, he is duping the townsfolk into believing that a clay pipe weighs the same as a king's crown. A soldier in the crowd is unmoved. A poster on the wall behind Death repeats the opening proclamation of the Reinick verse from Plate One: 'FREIHEIT / GLEICHHEIT / BRUDERLICH/KEIT'. An old blind woman in the right foreground leads a child away from the scene. The wood-engraver's surname with initials are carved into the block and printed at lower centre: 'SCHMIDT. SC.'. Four verses by Robert Reinick are set out below. Inscription in graphite at lower left: '1025'.
Given by an anonymous donor through the American Friends of Cambridge University (A.F.C.U.), 1996
Method of acquisition: Given (1996) by Anonymous donor through the American Friends of Cambridge University (A.F.C.U.)
19th Century
Production date:
AD 1849
Height 292mm x width 413mm
Accession number: P.151-1996.f5r
Primary reference Number: 225384
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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