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Entrée principale du palais

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Year:
1878
Contributor:
Smeeton-Tilly (creator)
Scott, M. (creator)
Genre:
engravings (prints)
Subject:
Paris Universal Exposition of 1878
Architecture > Monuments
Social Life > Entertainment
1871-1940 (The Third Republic)
Local ID:
2-SIZE T802.B1 E87x 1878
Extent:
1 engraving; 27.5 x 21.5 cm

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Abstract:
Entrance gate of the Palais du Champ-de-Mars, at the 1878 Paris World Fair. The Palais was facing the Trocadéro, and was located on the site where the Eiffel Tower is now standing. The phrase "fluctuat nec mergitur" (meaning: "it is tossed by the waves, but it does not sink") written above the image is the motto of the city of Paris, which was housing the World Fair. The motto was particularly adapted to the 1878 political situation, since France had been through many civil upheavals and wars, and the Third Republic was a very new regime.

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Collection is open for research.

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Smeeton-Tilly, and Scott, M., "Entrée principale du palais" (1878). Paris: Capital of the 19th Century. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:86929/

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