Procession of the Victuallers of Philadelphia, on the 15th. of March 1821. Conducted under the direction of William White
Philadelphia: Published by Joseph Yaeger, Printed by Charles Woodward, 1821. Aquatint, hand colored (450 x 620 mm). Framed. Condition: repaired tear to lower margin into text. Provenance: Martin P. Snyder. "[T]he most popular of local views in aquatint was the light-hearthed genre scene, the 'Procession of the Victuallers.' This is almost the only such local print of its time. Set in an atmosphere of happy holiday cheer, there is in it as well the appeal of dozens of figures drawn by Krimmel, whose simple charm in the flat planar medium is redolent of days long gone. The 'Procession of the Victuallers' drawn by Krimmel in the year of his death, 1821, was aquatinted by Joseph Yaeger in his only engraving in that mode which has been found. This is in lavish size and in the crowded atmosphere typical of Krimmel … The Philadelphia Gazette of March 16, the day after the event, reported that 'What added considerably to the novelty and beauty of the scene, was the ascension of several handsome balloons during the line of march.' It has been said that the spectacle was witnessed by 300,000; the population of the city of that time was 127,000" (Snyder). Snyder, MOA 665; Harding, John Lewis Krimmel pp. 213-218.
Procession of the Victuallers of Philadelphia, on the 15th. of March 1821. Conducted under the direction of William White
Philadelphia: Published by Joseph Yaeger, Printed by Charles Woodward, 1821. Aquatint, hand colored (450 x 620 mm). Framed. Condition: repaired tear to lower margin into text. Provenance: Martin P. Snyder. "[T]he most popular of local views in aquatint was the light-hearthed genre scene, the 'Procession of the Victuallers.' This is almost the only such local print of its time. Set in an atmosphere of happy holiday cheer, there is in it as well the appeal of dozens of figures drawn by Krimmel, whose simple charm in the flat planar medium is redolent of days long gone. The 'Procession of the Victuallers' drawn by Krimmel in the year of his death, 1821, was aquatinted by Joseph Yaeger in his only engraving in that mode which has been found. This is in lavish size and in the crowded atmosphere typical of Krimmel … The Philadelphia Gazette of March 16, the day after the event, reported that 'What added considerably to the novelty and beauty of the scene, was the ascension of several handsome balloons during the line of march.' It has been said that the spectacle was witnessed by 300,000; the population of the city of that time was 127,000" (Snyder). Snyder, MOA 665; Harding, John Lewis Krimmel pp. 213-218.
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