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World's Fair French Department
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World's Fair French Department

Artist Charles Thurston Thompson (English, 1816 - 1868)
Date1855
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 9/16 × 11 7/16 inches (21.75 × 29.05 cm)
Mount: 17 1/2 × 22 inches (44.45 × 55.88 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2012.17.90
SignedOn mount recto, bottom center, blind stamp: "PHOTOGRAPHED BY / C THURSTON THOMPSON."; On mount recto, lower right, in pencil: [in unknown hand] "Thurston Thompson".
InscribedOn mount recto, lower right, in pencil: "French fountain in nave."
MarkingsOn mount verso, upper left corner, in pencil: "Thurston Thompson / 1855 Paris Exposition / Coated salt print - wet collodion neg."
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DescriptionInterior image of a large exhibition hall with a row of flags displayed from the balcony and booths set up in rows down the center; a round tiered fountain is in the foreground.
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