Original 1876 wood engraving with the Women's Pavilion of the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition: the iron and glass building with its dome and its banners, enlivened by strollers and riders.
Original 1876 wood engraving with the Women's Pavilion of the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition: the iron and glass building with its dome and its banners, enlivened by strollers and riders.
The Women's Pavilion was the first building at a world's fair devoted entirely to the work of women, financed and organized by women themselves. The engraving illustrated Industrial and Fine Arts of the World, by Phillip T. Sandhurst.
Medium: Wood engraving
Date: 1876
Source: Industrial and Fine Arts of the World as shown at the Philadelphia and other International Exhibitions, by Phillip T. Sandhurst and others (P. W. Ziegler, 1879)
Dimensions: 10.7 x 7.7 in (27.3 x 19.5 cm)
Condition: Good condition; a book leaf with printed text on the verso and light yellowing of the paper.