Auch ein Todtentanz [Yet another Dance of Death]
Printmaker:
Schmidt, Oskar
Publisher:
Schlicke, Bernhard; Elischer, Balthasar
Draughtsman:
Rethel, Alfred
(After)
Drittes Blatt' [Plate Three], printed at upper centre. Wood-engraving with a yellow tint. 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.
Given by Mr Philip J. Worsley, 1914-15
Method of acquisition: Given (1914-12) by Worsley, Philip J.
19th Century
Production date:
AD 1879
Height 300mm x width 412mm
Accession number: P.14784-R.f6r
Primary reference Number: 225376
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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