Aubrun, Louis "Art Gallery. International Exhibition, 1876. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia"

Louis Aubrun.  “Art Gallery, Centennial International Exhibition.  1876.  Fairmount Park Philadelphia.”  [Now the Please Touch Museum].  Philadelphia: Thomas Hunter, 1874.  13 1/2 x 21.  Tinted lithograph.  Very good condition.  Framed.  Prints of Philadelphia: 229.  A/A A large, lithographic view of one of the main buildings for the Centennial International Exhibition, held in Philadelphia in 1876.  This print was issued by Thomas Hunter, who took over the firm of P.S. Duval & Son, and continued to issue excellent prints of Philadelphia.  The largest group of prints he issued was a series commissioned by the Centennial Board of Finance as part of the effort to publicize the forthcoming fair, and to raise money for this ambitious project.  The prints were based upon official plans for the buildings, and they were designed to be sold separately as souvenirs of what was to become America’s first great tourist attraction.  The monumental Art Gallery, along with Agricultural Hall, was