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| Titles: | A Dance of Death from the Year 1848 (Ein Todtentanz aus dem Jahre 1848) Plate 1 Der Tod entsteigt dem Grab (Death Rises from the Grave), Plate 2 Der Tod reitet zur Stadt (Death Rides into Town), Plate 3 Der Tod vor der Schenke (Death in front of the Tavern), Plate 4 Der Tod übergibt dem Volk das Schwert (Death Delivers the Sword to the People), Plate 5 Der Tod auf der Barrikade (Death on the Barricade), Plate 6 Der Tod als Sieger (Death as Victor) |
| Date: | 1849 |
| Artists: | Alfred Rethel (German, 1816–1859) Wood engravings after Rethel executed under the supervision of Hugo Bürkner (German, 1818–1897) Plate 1 executed by Carl Friedrich Robert Berger (German, 1826–after 1848) Plate 2 executed by Richard Julius Jungtow (German, 1828–after 1876) Plate 3 executed by Oskar Friedrich Schmidt (German, 1825–1871) Plate 4 executed by Gustav Richard Steinbrecher (German, 1828–1887) Plate 5 executed by Carl August Zscheckel (German, 1824–1870) Plate 6 executed by August Gaber (German, 1823–1894) Text by Robert Reinick (German, 1805–1852) Published by Georg Wigand (German, 1818–1858) Printed by F. A. Brockhaus |
| Medium: | Broadside with six woodcuts |
| Dimensions: | Sheet (Full sheet): 28 1/8 × 45 7/8 inches (71.5 × 116.5 cm) |
| Classification: | Prints |
| Credit Line: | Acquired with the Muriel and Philip Berman Gift (by exchange) and with the gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, and with funds (by exchange) contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skleton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 2012 |
| Accession Number: | 2012-67-1 |
| Geography: | Printed in Leipzig, Germany, Europe |
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