Chicago World's Fair Size:M: 75 x 50cm across the Channel

across the Channel

Ponting (1870-1935) with a cinematographic camera on the 'Terra Nova' expedition (1910-1913) to the South Pole led by Captain Scott

Foster has a white beard

with a refracting telescope projecting an image of the Sun

Original is oil on board 10 1/4x8 1/4 (inches)

Chicago World's Fair Size:M: 75 x 50cm across the ChannelChicago World's Fair, Illinois, USA, 1893. The event, known as the Columbian Exhibition, was held to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' discovery of America. The 265 foot high Ferris Wheel designed by George Washington Gale Ferris was the most popular attraction at the exhibition.