Chefs-d'oeuvre de l'Exposition universelle de Paris, 1889
This is a large folio art catalogue, Chefs-d'oeuvre de l'Exposition universelle de Paris, 1889, issued in Philadelphia and Paris by G. Barrie and Barrie Frères and compiled by William Walton for collectors and art readers. Its plates reproduce 19th-century academic and genre paintings from the Paris world's fair as sepia photogravures, with a Victorian-era gallery feel. A designer could draw on its tonal range, soft vignetted figure studies, and formal portrait poses for vintage print work.
