1893 Print Chicago World's Fair Cupid Sculpture Sphinx ORIGINAL HISTORIC FAR1 ST1 Westchester County New York

Westchester County New York

This is an original 1941 black and white print ad for Diamond Roller Chains which drive the equipment producing oil for the world's wars

Bowman & Company of Meriden

Starrett Company

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1893 Print Chicago World's Fair Cupid Sculpture Sphinx ORIGINAL HISTORIC FAR1 ST1 Westchester County New YorkAn American Myth. This is an original 1894 halftone print showing an outdoor sculpture of a Sphinx. This unfinished work was in the Exposition grounds, east of the Art Palace. The sculptor is Theodore Baur of New York. He titled this piece "The Secret," which can be justified by the little Cupid whispering into the Sphinx's ear. The Sphinx has been used throughout history as an icon and also a myth with a body of a lioness and the head of a women.