Légende
View of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 with the horticultural building in the foreground, Looking west from roof of Manufactures Building, page, photomechanical print, number: 'Plate 57', photographer: Charles Dudley Arnold, Chicago, photographer: HD Higinbotham, clichémaker: anonymous, 1893, Charles Dudley Arnold, HD Higinbotham, photographer, clichémaker, North America, Illinois, paper, collotype, photogravure, height 134 mm x width 190 mm, world fair, world exhibition, World's Columbian Exposition, A wide panoramic scene shows a large neoclassical building with a central domed roof flanked by smaller domes and long colonnaded facades facing a body of water, with landscaped grounds and tree-lined paths in the foreground. Flags on tall poles wave above the park area near the water, and a decorative statue or monument is visible near the edge of the grounds. Across the water and behind the main building, a dense urban area stretches into the distance with numerous rooftops, smokestacks, and a tall Ferris-wheel structure rising above surrounding buildings. The sky above is pale and hazy, and the overall image has a vintage monochrome appearance.
Crédit
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Notre référence
LZT26B01_412
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
38.5Mo (8.6Mo) / 36.2cm x 26.6cm / 4271 x 3147 (300dpi)