Exposition universelle, 1900 : the chefs-d'œuvre
A plate book from 1900 published by G. Barrie & Son in Philadelphia, reproducing paintings and prints shown at the Paris Exposition Universelle of that year, with text attributed to William Walton. The pictures are reproductions of academic and salon works, some rotated on the page, in dark tonal black-and-white and sepia halftone. A designer could take from them the dense shadowed compositions, reclining figures against dark grounds, and formal period portraiture.
