The
Swiss Alps at the Earl's Court Exhibition
1887
Philip Wilson Steer
-- English Artist
Tate
Gallery, London Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas
64.1 x 76.2 cm
Purchased 1942, N05375
Jpg:
Tate Gallery
From: Tate Gallery Display Caption
(16-Sep-2002)
The Earl’s Court Exhibition of 1887
was the first of four, devoted in
turn to America, Italy, France and Germany. The ‘Alps’ were the painted
backdrop to the display about America which owed much of its success to
Colonel Cody’s (‘Buffalo Bill’) Wild West Show.
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