Universal Exposition, Paris. Commercial Navigation Building
(Exposition universelle, Paris. Le Palais de la navigation de Commerce)
1900
Medium
glass lantern slide
Measurements
7.4 × 9.0 cm (image) 8.5 × 10.0 cm (slide)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Dr Robert Wilson Collection. Gift of Dr Robert Wilson, 2014
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
inscribed (inverted) in pen and ink on paper label l.c.: Navigation de Commerce
inscribed (inverted) in pen and ink on paper label l.r.: Expon de 1900.
Accession Number
2014.1343
Department
International Photography
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