Charles S Graham THE WORLDS FAIR IN WATER COLORS 1893 Chromolithograph Plates Columbian Exposition Chicago Grand Court Art Palace Viking Ship Old Liberty Bell Ferris Wheel Blarney Castle Cairo Street Montana Building

Title: The World's Fair in Water Colors
Author: Charles S. Graham - Charles S. Graham was an artist noted for townscape topography, survey artist, illustration, scenery design. An itinerant, self-taught sketch artist for Harper & Brothers, Graham's drawings were in nearly every issue of Harper's from 1880 to 1992. His most favored subject was town views.

Before working for Harper's, Graham was a painter of theater backdrops in Chicago and then hired out as a topographer for the Northern Pacific Railroad survey. He was present when the transcontinental railroad was completed in 1883, and covered the subject of railroads extensively for Harper's. At the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, he was the Director of Color and did the same thing the following year in California at the Midwinter Fair. In 1896, he returned to New York but continued to send paintings back to the San Francisco Art Association for exhibition. After leaving Harper's, Graham worked as a freelance illustrator and after 1900 was an oil painter.
Publisher: Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick
City: Springfield, Ohio
Year: 1893
Binding Style: Other - see description
Width: 9.25" Height: 12.25"
Book Details: Bound in stiff blue folder with gilt embossing, this antique volume is a scarce collection of 22 bright chromolithograph plates by noted artist Charles S. Graham (1852 - 1911) depicting the sights at the Columbian Exposition of 1893 held in Chicago. Graham held the title of official artist of the World's Columbian Exposition. Laid in is a four-page pamphlet with an introduction and a listing of plates that contains a short description of each. Plates bear the following titles: Looking East in the Grand Court; At Night in the Grand Court; Interior of Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building; Cairo Street; Art Palace at Night; Old Vienna; Golden Entrance to Transportation Building; Old Liberty Bell; The Silver Statue, Montana Building; The Foreign Buildings; Moonlight on the Lagoon; Looking South from Wooded Island; The Ferris Wheel; Blarney Castle; A View from the Ferris Wheel; Interior of Electrical Building; State Buildings; The Midway Plaisance; La Rabida and the Caravels; The Viking Ship; Types of Midway; The Yerkes Telescope; The Irish Industrial Village.
Condition / Notes: This antique collection of plates shows well, with some typical indications of age and wear. The folder displays shelfwear and rubbing, and its interior paper backing is chipping. The plates themselves show brightly with some mild age toning to the margins. This collection is believed to be complete.

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