Smith, Walter, 1836-1886, Smith, Walter, 1836-1886. Industrial art of the International Exhibition · New York, R. Worthington · leaf 112
peculiarly suggestive andappropriate in choosingfor the ornamentation ofa clock—a mechanicalapparatus that recordsthe flight of time—em-blems and figures takenfrom that country whosevery existence to-day isa constant reminder ofthe centuries gone by,whose monuments standas silent but sublime… … Egyptian Clock: Mitchell, Vance &* Co., New York. 98 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, i8j6. ages. The very name of Egypt brings up to the imagination the splended reignsof the Ptolomies and the Pharaohs, the superb pageants that are recorded inpictorial inscriptions on the tombs of the kings and…
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) · Decorative arts
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