Sylph-like forms in the sculptors marble Worlds Fair St. Louis U.S.A. – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Sylph-like forms in the sculptors marble Worlds Fair St. Louis U.S.A., preserved in this historic image. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Sylph-like forms in the sculptors marble Worlds Fair St. Louis U.S.A.
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This view turns to the slender, sylph-like figures carved in marble at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. The fair marked the centennial of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase and filled its grounds with statuary, much of it set among fountains, colonnades and garden terraces. The record notes a copyright registration by C.L. Wasson in 1905, which suggests the view was issued soon after the fair closed. The figures' poised, elongated proportions reflect the classical taste that shaped much of the exposition's art.
| Created / published | 1905 |
|---|---|
| Notes | H56853 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted 1905 by C.L. Wasson · Harte Bret 1836-1902. |
| Subjects | Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis Mo.) Exhibitions--Missouri--Saint Louis--1900-1910. Sculpture--Missouri--Saint Louis--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,608 × 2,187 px · prints to 15 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-271223 |
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