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Exposition Universelle 1889. Ticket d'entrée.
1889ref. 102535Paris 1889. One sheet 27 x 425 cm containing 25 entrance tickets for the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1889. Printed in grey-blue on a background with the text 'Expositon Universelle un franc' in orange/red. The tickets are signed: 'Massias del' and 'C Richard sc'. the sheet has once been folded with a very tiny hole in the center fold. The entrance tickets all have the same number so this seems to be a proof sheet. The 1889 Paris Word Fair took place from May to October 1889. Its general theme was the French Revolution as it was the centenary anniversary of the revolution. It is for this Fair that the Eiffel tower was built. The ticket shows an allegorical scene. A winged figure representing the arts is crowning the French Republic who is sitting on a throne. Beneath two figures represent physical work and intellectual work. The scene is set in a niche of a classical building.
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