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The book of the fair; an historical and descriptive presentation of the world's science, art, and industry, as viewed through the Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893 (1893)

Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918 · Chicago, San Francisco, The Bancroft Co. · leaf 137

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ainters, and its waters and shores made the medium of expression for mythological or imaginary themes. In Knuepfer’s “Fight of Tritons” two mermen are contesting for the ownership of a mermaid, who is seated on a jutting ledge of rock, placidly awaiting the issue of the combat. In his “Eternal… … IN THE GARDEN. KEVER her hand. In ‘ ‘The Master of the Hounds,” by Hans Canon, a huntsman is standing in a richly furnished interior, with the dogs leaping around him eager for the chase. “God Bless You,” by Franz Defregger, also represented in the German section, is a drinking scene, with men…

World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

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