The dance of death: Death as a cardinal in the Roman Catholic church approaches a prince and encourages him to change his gentle reign to despotism. Drawing by or after E. Ille.

  • Ille, Eduard, 1823-1900.
Date:
1849
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32949i
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The dance of death: Death as a cardinal in the Roman Catholic church approaches a prince and encourages him to change his gentle reign to despotism. Drawing by or after E. Ille. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Death tells the prince "You are too good for this rabble! He who surrenders recognizes his weakness, and weakness brings shame on princes"

Publication/Creation

1849

Physical description

1 drawing on tracing paper : pencil ; image and border 24.6 x 34.5 cm

Lettering

D'rauf in Lojola's schlauem Kleid schleicht er hin an des Fürsten Seit': "Schlagt los, ihr Fürsten! Auf, zum Kampf! Purirt die Zeit mit Pulverdampf! Gebt Eures Thrones Milde auf, und setzt den Despotismus drauf! Ich schwör' es Euch, Ihr seid zu gut mit dieser frechen Pöbelbrut! Wer nachgibt, der bekennt sich schwach, und Schwäche bringt dem Fürsten Schmach!!" So sä't der Schalk sich reiche Saat durch zwiefach böse, falsche That. Bears number bottom center : II.

References note

Dietrich Grünewald, 'Der Totentanz bei Rethel, Ille und Schwarzkopf', in: Eckart Sackmann (ed.), Deutsche Comicforschung, 2009, 5: 21–32

Reference

Wellcome Collection 32949i

Creator/production credits

The attribution to Eduard Ille arises from his signature on one of six drawings (not the present drawings) of his set 'Noch ein Todtentanz' offered for sale by Reiss & Sohn, Königstein im Taunus, in 2005

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