Lot n° 478
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Alfred Rethel, Le socialisme Nouvelle danse des morts. - Lot 478
Alfred Rethel, Le socialisme Nouvelle danse des morts.
Paris - New-York - London, Goupil, Vibert et Cie - E. Gambart & Co, [1850]. Oblong folio, [1]p title, 6 lithographs, [1]p.
Composed and drawn by Alfred Rethel, lithographed by A. Collette.
Alfred Rethel (1816 in Diepenbend, near Aachen - December 1, 1859 in Düsseldorf) was a Prussian history painter and draughtsman.
These six chine-mounted plates were based on Robert Reinick's counter-revolutionary poems after the Dresden uprising of 1849.
They illustrate the following scenes: The resurrection of Death from his tomb; Death riding a horse towards the city; The infatuation of the people; Death in front of a tavern; The incitement to rebellion; Death offers his sword to the people Death on the barricades; Death victorious.
In sheets. Marginal foxing more visible on text leaves.
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