Louis-Emile_Durandelle,_The_Eiffel_Tower_-_State_of_the_Construction,_1888.jpg
Summary
Louis-Emile Durandelle : The Eiffel Tower: State of the Construction ( ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q15556390
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Title |
The Eiffel Tower: State of the Construction
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Description |
English:
The Centennial Exposition of 1889 was organized by the French government to commemorate the French Revolution. Bridge engineer Gustave Eiffel's 984-foot (300-meter) tower of open-lattice wrought iron was selected in a competition to erect a memorial at the exposition. Twice as high as the dome of St. Peter's in Rome or the Great Pyramid of Giza, nothing like it had ever been built before. This view was made about four months short of the tower's completion. Louis-Émile Durandelle photographed the tower from a low vantage point to emphasize its monumentality. The massive building barely visible in the far distance is dwarfed under the tower's arches.
Incidentally, the tower's innovative glass-cage elevators, engineered to ascend on a curve, were designed by the Otis Elevator Company of New York, the same company that designed the Getty Center's diagonally ascending tram. |
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Date |
23 November 1888
date QS:P571,+1888-11-23T00:00:00Z/11
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Medium | Albumen print | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | Image: 43.2 x 34.6 cm (17 x 13 5/8 in.), Mount: 65 x 50 cm (25 9/16 x 19 11/16 in.), Mat: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22 in.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q29247
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Accession number |
87.XM.121.16
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Inscriptions |
Markings:
(Recto, mount) upper center, imprinted in black ink: "Exposition Universelle de 1889/Etat d'Avancement/Au 188 /G. Eiffel, Ingenieur et Constructeur".
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Source/Photographer |
The Getty Center, Object 61770
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Other versions | File:Louis-Emile Durandelle, The Eiffel Tower - State of the Construction, 1888, grayscale.jpg |
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This image was selected as
picture of the day
on Wikimedia Commons for
16 July 2014
. It was captioned as follows:
English:
The
Eiffel Tower
in November 1888, approximately four months before its completion
Other languages:
Bosanski
:
Eiffelov toranj
u novembru 1888. godine, oko četiri mjeseca prije završetka gradnje
English
:
The
Eiffel Tower
in November 1888, approximately four months before its completion
Français
:
La
Tour Eiffel
en novembre 1888, environ quatre mois avant la fin de la construction.
Magyar
:
Az
Eiffel-torony
1888 novemberében, körülbelül négy hónappal a befejezése előtt
Nederlands
:
De
Eiffeltoren
in november 1888, zo'n vier maanden voor voltooiing.
Polski
:
Wieża Eiffla
podczas budowy w listopadzie 1880 roku. Paryż, Francja
Русский
:
Эйфелева башня
во время её возведения.
한국어
:
완성까지 4달 정도 남은 1888년 11월의
에펠탑
.
中文
:
建造中的
埃菲尔铁塔
,拍摄于1888年11月23日。
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