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[Fountain Coutan looking toward the Palace of Liberal Arts, Paris Exposition, 1889] – Vintage Print

[Fountain Coutan looking toward the Palace of Liberal Arts, Paris Exposition, 1889], [1889] — historic photograph
[Fountain Coutan looking toward the Palace of Liberal Arts, Paris Exposition, 1889], [1889]. Historic photograph 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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[Fountain Coutan looking toward the Palace of Liberal Arts, Paris Exposition, 1889] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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A fountain named for the Coutan family stands in the grounds of the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris, with the Palace of Liberal Arts rising in the distance beyond it. The fair celebrated the centennial of the French Revolution and drew millions of visitors to the Champ de Mars and its surroundings, showcasing new engineering, electric lighting and the newly completed Eiffel Tower. This print is an albumen photograph, a process that was giving way to gelatin emulsions by the late 1880s, so its tonal range and surface sheen offer a useful glimpse of the technology of the period.

Created / published[1889]
Medium1 photographic print : albumen.
GenreAlbumen prints 1880-1890.
SubjectsExposition universelle de 1889--(Paris, France) Exhibitions--France--Paris--1880-1890. Fountains--France--Paris--1880-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,284 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-183320

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