File:Louis-Emile Durandelle, The Eiffel Tower - State of the Construction, 1888.jpg
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Louis-Emile Durandelle: The Eiffel Tower: State of the Construction
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The Eiffel Tower: State of the Construction |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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87.XM.121.16 |
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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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The Getty Center, Object 61770
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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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