Keywords: Hauteur comparée de la Tour Eiffel et des principaux monuments du monde.jpg This print illustrates the highest monuments of the world in order to give an idea of the scale of the Eiffel Tower The Eiffel Tower was the highest construction of the world in 1889 and remained so until 1930 when the Chrysler building was completed in New York City 1889-1890 engraving 30 x 22 cm Institution Brown University Library object history exhibition history credit line L' exposition de Paris publiée avec la collaboration d'écrivains spéciaux Vol 1 Paris Librairie Illustrée accession number 125415218362500 PD-old Engravings of buildings in Paris Images of Paris from the Brown University Library Exposition Universelle 1889 Eiffel Tower during 1889 Exposition Comparisons with the Eiffel Tower Eiffel Tower in art Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg Engravings of Notre-Dame de Paris Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile in the 1890s Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile in the 1880s Exterior of Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen Saint Peter's Basilica in art History of Cologne Cathedral Historical images of Les Invalides Historical images of Panthéon de Paris Geometry of the Great Pyramid Great Pyramid of Giza in art 1890 |