Painted street scene with a glass and iron building under a flag on the left, people and carriages on a road, and bare trees and brick houses on the right.

The Crystal Palace

A wide road and promenade under pale, cloudy light, with a tall glass-and-iron structure on the left beneath a flag. Small figures walk, ride, and sit near horse-drawn carriages, while bare trees, brick houses, and a low wall line the right side.

Artist: Camille Pissarro
Date: 1871
Medium: Oil on canvas
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1071 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1871).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Bensinger

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