Wine making.- Steinlen (Christian Gottlieb) La Fête des Vignerons at Vevey, extensive panoramic scroll of this once-in-a-generations wine festival, [Lausanne, Spengler & Cie, 1833].

Wine making.- Steinlen (Christian Gottlieb) La Fête des Vignerons at Vevey, extensive panoramic scroll of this once-in-a-generation wine festival, original hand-coloured lithograph on 30 plates conjoined, each plate individually approx. 185 x 500 mm. (7 1/4 x 19 3/4 in), the first 15 plates mounted on the back of the latter 15, some minor spotting and light creasing, folding concertina-style into modern marbled boards, lacking original wrappers, [Lausanne, Spengler & Cie., 1833].

⁂ An impressively large panorama running over 14 metres in total. The fête of 1833 was held over two days in August, involving nearly 800 participants pulling numerous floats, and was organised by David Constantin and Steinlen. In the present day the Swiss fête is organised by the Confrérie des Vignerons (Brotherhood of Winegrowers), and while they are free to choose how often the festival takes place, it can only happen five times each century. The next Fête des Vignerons is set to take place in July of this year.