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Aspect général de l'exposition (vue prise du Trocadéro)

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Year:
1889
Genre:
engravings (prints)
Subject:
Exposition universelle de 1889 (Paris, France)
Tour Eiffel (Paris, France)
Paris (France) > Buildings, structures, etc.
Architecture > Monuments
City Planning > Construction
Social Life > Entertainment
1871-1940 (The Third Republic)
Local ID:
1-SIZE T803.B1 H83x 1889
Extent:
1 engraving; 31.4 x 23.6 cm

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Abstract:
View of the Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro Palace. The tower was intended to be a temporary construction that would serve as an entrance to the exhibit. The buildings represented behind the tower on this engraving are the main galleries of the exhibit (such as the Grande galerie des machines). They were destroyed at the beginning of the twentieth century.

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Collection is open for research.

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"Aspect général de l'exposition (vue prise du Trocadéro)" (1889). Paris: Capital of the 19th Century. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:86990/

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