A man and a woman riding a motorbicycle on a mountain pass, being diverted by Death off the road and into the valley below. Pen and ink drawing by E. Kneiss, 1929.

  • Kneiss, Emil, 1867-1956.
Date:
1929
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44254i
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A man and a woman riding a motorbicycle on a mountain pass, being diverted by Death off the road and into the valley below. Pen and ink drawing by E. Kneiss, 1929. Wellcome Collection. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced May 2024 : A man and a woman riding a motorbicycle on a mountain pass, being diverted by Death off the road and into the valley below. Pen and ink drawing, 1929.

Description

Death has a stopwatch indicating that the riders' time is up

Publication/Creation

1929

Physical description

1 drawing : pen and ink ; sheet 32 x 46.8 cm

Lettering

Mors ; 4 spaltig <deleted> ; 2 spaltig. E. Kneiss M.chen 29. The motorbicycle bears the name "Mors" (Latin, meaning Death). The other lettering indicates the number of columns of printed text which an engraving of this design would occupy: originally four, later reduced to two Published with verses entitled "Lass dir Zeit!" by "Wast" (nickname for Sebastian, a pseudonym): "Der Tod geht durch die Lande / Und erntet da und dort -- / Im neuen Zeit-Gewande / Holt er die Menschen fort. / Mit fuatternden Motoren / Jagt er los auf sein Ziel, / Als hätt' er sich geschworen / Was er erreichen will. / Die Rücksicht auf den andern / Gar häufig dabei fehlt, / Wo kann man heut noch wandern / In Ruh' auf dieser Welt? / Pressieren tut's halt immer / -- Auch wenn's gar nicht pressiert --. / Pressieren tut es nimmer / Ist erst etwas passiert. / Wir brauchen keine Seuchen, / Auch keinen Krieg mehr führ'n. / Wir tun heut durchs "Derrennen" / Schon genug Leut' verlier'n."

References note

William Schupbach, 'Mayhem on the road to modernity', Wellcome Library blog, 21 February 2013 https://wayback.archive-it.org/16107/20210313143027/http://blog.wellcomelibrary.org/2013/02/mayhem-on-the-roads/

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Wellcome Collection 44254i

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