Festive procession
Numerous representatives of the court and the estates march in a festive procession along the moat in Vienna, among them the emperor on horseback; at the windows of the town houses and in the foreground numerous onlookers, on the right behind the tower of St Stephen's, in the sky four banners with title and explanatory text.
Inscription: I.C. Hakhoffer delin. / J.A. Pfeffel et C. Engelbrecht sculp.
Reverse: [in pencil below left:] 8925 [below:] J [in pencil below left along the edge of the sheet:] No. 11 [next to it:] I. Kurs [in pencil centre right:] JLW 1863 [in pencil top right:] 15.- [in pencil along the right edge of the sheet are two fleeting sketches for a leaf work]
[...] - 1937: probably stock Hugo Helbing, Munich (unclear circumstances of acquisition).
04.05.1937: Acquired by purchase from Hugo Helbing, Munich.
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