Procession of Butchers,Cleaver,Saw,Butcher Tools,Pennsylvania,Simon Snyder,c1808
Title: This plate is respectfully dedicated to all the butchers in the United States by their obt. Sert. Chrr. Wispart. in honour of our Republican Governor Simon Snyder
Creator(s): Folwell, Samuel, etcher
Date Created/Published: c1808.
Summary: A procession of butchers led by two Negro fiddlers, and featuring a large bull. On the ground before the bull are a cleaver, saw, and other butcher tools. The print is dedicated to Pennsylvania's recently elected Republican Governor Simon Snyder. Snyder was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and was the first representative of the German element and back-country farming class to be elected governor of the state.
Notes:
Copyright secured. Etchd. by S. Folwell Philad. Decr 14, 1808.
The Library's impression was deposited for copyright by Christopher Wispart in Philadelphia on December 16, 1808, under the title 'The Butcher's Procession.'
Title appears as it is written on the item.
Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1808-1.
Subjects:
Snyder, Simon,--1759-1819.
African Americans--1800-1810.
Farming--1800-1810.
Pennsylvania--1800-1810.
Etchings--1800-1810.
Political cartoons--1800-1810.
Bookmark /2008661723/
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