Terms and conditions of use
The Art of the World. Illustrated in the Paintings, Statuary and Architecture of the World’s Columbian Exposition. Vol. 2
1895
Medium
book: photogravure, letterpress, 164 pages, cloth cover with gold embossing, stitched and glued binding
Measurements
40.9 × 29.0 cm (page) 42.2 × 32.1 × 4.7 cm (closed) 42.2 × 68.7 × 2.3 cm (open)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Dr Robert Wilson Collection. Gift of Dr Robert Wilson, 2012
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
New York, New York, United States
Inscription
printed in red ink on title page u.c.: THE ART / OF THE WORLD
printed in ink on title page u.c.: ILLUSTRATED IN THE PAINTINGS, STATUARY, AND / ARCHITECTURE OF THE / WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXHIBITION
printed in red ink on title page c.: LIST OF SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS
printed in ink on title page c.l.: D. H. BURNHAM / Director of works / HALSEY C. IVES / Chief of the Department of Fine Arts / MOSES P. HANDY / Chief of the Department of Publicity and Promotion / CHARLES YRIARTE / Editor of the Figaro-Salon
printed in ink on title page c.r.: ROGER-BALLU / Commissioner of Fine Arts for France / ANGELO DEL NERO / Royal Special Commissioner of Fine Arts for Italy / Vice-President of the International Jury for the Fine Arts / HUBERT VOS / Assistant Commissioner of Fine Arts for Holland / HUMPHRY WARD / Art Critic of the London Times
printed in ink l.c.: EDITED BY / RIPLEY HITCHCOCK / VOL. II
printed in ink l.c.: NEW YORK / D. APPLETON AND COMPANY / 1895
inscribed on endpaper u.l.: Samuel J. Rantin / Aug. 10th '95.
Accession Number
2012.528
Department
International Photography
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