The Constantinople obelisk, The Paris obelisk, page, photomechanical print, number: 'Plate XLII', cliché maker: Harroun & Bierstadt (possibly), New York (city), c. 1881, photographer, printer (person), North America, paper, collotype, artotype, height 270 mm x width 352 mm, Prints opposite page 126., column, pillar, architecture, obelisk, needle, Paris, Istanbul, Place de la Concorde, Obelisk of Theodosius, A sepia-toned image divided into two vertical panels shows tall stone obelisks rising against pale skies; the left panel features an obelisk with carved vertical patterns standing on a raised base surrounded by a low balustrade and mature trees, with a slender minaret visible behind it and bare ground in the foreground, while the right panel shows an obelisk on a city plaza with ornate fountains spraying water, classical buildings with columned facades in the background, decorative lamp posts and sculpted figures around the fountain, and paved surfaces leading toward the monument.
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The Constantinople obelisk, The Paris obelisk, page, photomechanical print, number: 'Plate XLII', cliché maker: Harroun & Bierstadt (possibly), New York (city), c. 1881, photographer, printer (person), North America, paper, collotype, artotype, height 270 mm x width 352 mm, Prints opposite page 126., column, pillar, architecture, obelisk, needle, Paris, Istanbul, Place de la Concorde, Obelisk of Theodosius, A sepia-toned image divided into two vertical panels shows tall stone obelisks rising against pale skies; the left panel features an obelisk with carved vertical patterns standing on a raised base surrounded by a low balustrade and mature trees, with a slender minaret visible behind it and bare ground in the foreground, while the right panel shows an obelisk on a city plaza with ornate fountains spraying water, classical buildings with columned facades in the background, decorative lamp posts and sculpted figures around the fountain, and paved surfaces leading toward the monument.

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Constantinople obelisk Paris obelisk page photomechanical print number Plate XLII cliché maker Harroun & Bierstadt New York city c 1881 photographer printer person North America paper collotype artotype height 270 mm x width 352 mm Prints opposite page 126 column pillar architecture obelisk needle Paris Istanbul Place de la Concorde Obelisk Theodosius sepia-toned image divided two vertical panels tall stone obelisks rising pale skies left panel features carved vertical patterns standing raised base surrounded low balustrade mature trees slender minaret visible bare ground foreground right panel city plaza ornate fountains spraying water classical buildings columned facades background decorative lamp posts sculpted figures fountain paved surfaces leading monument

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