The dance of death: Death, seen on top of a barricade, reveals his true identity to the people. Woodcut after Alfred Rethel, 1848.

  • Rethel, Alfred, 1816-1859.
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1848
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33079i
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Ein Todtentanz aus dem Jahre 1848.
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The dance of death: Death, seen on top of a barricade, reveals his true identity to the people. Woodcut after Alfred Rethel, 1848. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1848.

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1 print : woodcut, printed with beige tone block ; image 22.4 x 31.8 cm.

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"Zur Barrikade!" "Pflaster auf!!" - -Da steht der Bau -und oben drauf Er, den zum Führer sie ernannt, die blut'ge Fahn' in fester Hand! -Kartätschen pfeifen, hei! das kracht, sie stürzen rings, Er aber lacht; "Jetzt lös' ich mein Versprechen Euch: "Ihr Alle sollt Mir werden gleich!" Er hebt sein Wams und wie sie's schaun, da fasst ihr Herz ein eisig Grau'n. Ihr Blut strömt, wie die Fahne, roth, der sie geführt, -es war der Tod! Explanatory text by R. Reinick

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