Death on the barricade

Alfred Rethel, German, 1816 - 1859

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1848

Wood engraving on paper

Overall: 11 5/8 × 16 1/4 in. (29.6 × 41.3 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Jean and Adolph Weil Jr. 1935 Fund

2007.61.10

Portfolio / Series Title

Plate 5 from Auch ein Todentanz aus dem Jahre 1848 (Another Dance of Death for the year 1848)

Publisher

Georg Wiegand, Leipzig, Germany

Geography

Place Made: Germany, Europe

Period

19th century

Object Name

Print

Research Area

Print

Not on view

Inscriptions

Titled, in plate, upper center margin: Fuenftes Blatt.; inscribed, in plate, lower left margin: "Zur Barrikade!" "Pflaster auf!!" -- -- / Da steht der Bau -- und oben drauf / Er, den zum Fuehrer sie ernannt,; inscribed, in plate, lower left center margin: Die blut'ge Fahn' in fester Hand! -- / Kartaetschen pfeifen, hei! das kracht, / Sie stuerzen rings, Er aber lacht:; inscribed, in plate, lower center right margin: "Jetzt loef' ich mein Versprechen Euch: / "Ihr Alle sollt Mir werden gleich!" / Er hebt sein Wams und wie sie's schaun; inscribed, in plate, lower left margin: Da fasst ihr Herz ein eisig Grau'n. / Ihr Blut stroemt, wie die Fahne, roth, / Der sie gefuehrt, -- es war der Tod!

Provenance

Susan Schulman Printseller, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 2007.

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