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Members of the City Troop and Other Philadelphia Soldiery

John Lewis Krimmel American, born Germany
Former Attribution Formerly attributed to Pavel Petrovich Svinin Russian
1811–ca. 1813
Not on view
The oldest active volunteer mounted military unit in the United States, the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry was organized in 1774 in defense of the colonies. Shortly after commencement of war with Great Britain in the summer of 1812, the troop drilled several times a month for over a year; such an assembly may have provided the stimulus for this composition. The elongated proportions and friezelike arrangement of the soldiers depicted here are similar to the figures found in Krimmel's highly successful oil painting View of Center Square on the Fourth of July (1812; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Members of the City Troop and Other Philadelphia Soldiery
  • Artist: John Lewis Krimmel (1786–1821)
  • Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Pavel Petrovich Svinin (1787/88–1839)
  • Date: 1811–ca. 1813
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white laid paper
  • Dimensions: 9 x 7 1/4 in. (22.9 x 18.4 cm)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1942
  • Object Number: 42.95.21
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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Exhibition of Indian Tribal Ceremonies at the Olympic Theater, Philadelphia
John Lewis Krimmel
Pavel Petrovich Svinin
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John Lewis Krimmel
Pavel Petrovich Svinin
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Tableau of Indian Faces, John Lewis Krimmel American, born Germany, Watercolor, black chalk, gum arabic, and gouache on white laid paper, American
Tableau of Indian Faces
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Pavel Petrovich Svinin
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Sunday Morning in front of the Arch Street Meeting House, Philadelphia, John Lewis Krimmel American, born Germany, Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on white laid paper, American
Sunday Morning in front of the Arch Street Meeting House, Philadelphia
John Lewis Krimmel
Pavel Petrovich Svinin
1811–ca. 1813
Merrymaking at a Wayside Inn, John Lewis Krimmel American, born Germany, Watercolor and graphite on white laid paper, American
Merrymaking at a Wayside Inn
John Lewis Krimmel
Pavel Petrovich Svinin
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