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World's Columbian Exposition Fine Arts Museum, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective

Color drawing of a street-level view of a large Neoclassical building with rows of windows along the facade, an arched entrance, and dome.
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  • Color drawing of a street-level view of a large Neoclassical building with rows of windows along the facade, an arched entrance, and dome.

Date:

c. 1890–1891

Artist:

John Wellborn Root
American, 1850-1891
Paul C. Lautrup, delineator
American, active 1890s

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Architecture and Design

Artist

John Wellborn Root (Architect)

Title

World's Columbian Exposition Fine Arts Museum, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1885–1897

Medium

Watercolor over graphite on paper, mounted on linen

Dimensions

55.6 × 116.3 cm (21 7/8 × 45 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of John Wellborn Root, Jr.

Reference Number

1989.99.2

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