Caption
General view.- Looking towards colonnade, View of the central square of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, page, photomechanical print, number: 'Plate 19', photographer: Charles Dudley Arnold, Chicago, photographer: HD Higinbotham, cliché maker: anonymous, 1893, Charles Dudley Arnold, HD Higinbotham, photographer, clichémaker, North America, Illinois, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 133 mm x width 190 mm, ornamental fountain, pond, pool, world fair, world exhibition, World's Columbian Exposition, A wide view of a formal waterside plaza with a large circular fountain in the foreground spraying tall jets of water from a planted basin, a curved balustraded terrace surrounding stepped water basins and sculptural figures along the right side, and a broad ornamental pool extending toward a classical colonnaded building with arched windows and a domed roof on the left; a bridge with arches crosses the water toward the center, flanked by tall columnar monuments and additional classical buildings with flags flying atop their roofs, while small boats float on the water and lampposts and planted urns line the terrace.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26B01_376
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