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The Cincinnati Exposition - Horticulture Deparmtent – Antique Wall Art

The Cincinnati Exposition - Horticulture Deparmtent, 1874 — antique engraving
The Cincinnati Exposition - Horticulture Deparmtent, 1874. Antique engraving from the World's Fairs collection.

(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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This rare antique engraving captures The Cincinnati Exposition - Horticulture Deparmtent in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The Horticulture Department of the 1874 Cincinnati Exposition is the subject of this engraving, which Harper's Weekly printed on page 821 of its October 3, 1874, issue. It was made from a sketch by the artist William R. McComas. In the 1870s, weekly illustrated papers such as Harper's depended on engravings like this one to show readers events they could not attend, since halftone photo reproduction was not yet common in print. Expositions of this period displayed regional farm produce, plants, and gardening work, so the scene offers a view of how civic fairs presented agriculture to urban audiences.

Created / published1874
Medium1 print : engraving.
SubjectsEngraving from a sketch by William R. McComas. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1874 Oct. 3, p. 821. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Exhibitions--1874; Artists, Publ. I.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,686 × 1,254 px · prints to 6 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-108611

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