Death rides towards town
Alfred Rethel, German, 1816 - 1859
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
2007.61.7
Portfolio / Series Title
Plate 2 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
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Titled, in plate, upper center margin: Zweites Blatt.; inscribed, lower left margin: Der Morgen schaut von Hemmelszelt / So klar wie osnst auf Stadt und Feld.; inscribed, lower center left margin: Da trabt in wilder Hast heran / Der Frend des Volks, der Sensenmann. / Zur Stadt leukt seinen Gaul er hin,; inscribed, in plate, lower center right margin: Schon ahnt er reiche Erndte drin. / Die Hahnenfeder auf dem Hut / Blueht in der Sonne roth wie Blut,; inscribed, in plate, lower right margin: Die Sense blizt wie Wetterschein, / Es stoehnt der Gaul, die Raben schrein!
Provenance
Susan Schulman Printseller, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 2007.
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