1877 Wood Engraving Galleries Versailles France Art Hall Mirrors Palace XEA7 YHB1 Warren Street

Warren Street

This is an original 1923 black and white print ad for the portable typewriters that were made and sold by the Remington Typewriter Company of 374 Broadway

This is an original 1930 halftone print of Baron Takuma Dan-- the leader of the Mitsui family conglomerate of Japan

and his mother Eliza Mayfield of Hendersonville

This is an original 1904 black and white halftone print of the Whanganui River in New Zealand

1877 Wood Engraving Galleries Versailles France Art Hall Mirrors Palace XEA7 YHB1 Warren StreetThis is an original 1877 black and white wood engraving of the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles in Paris, France. One of the most famous rooms in the world, the halls were funded by King Louis XIV and built by architect Jules Hardouin Mansart between 1678 1684 CE. At this time, mirrors were a luxury item because they were very expensive to produce. Several workers from Venice were brought in to create the mirrors for the hall since Venice