Artists

Daniel Hudson Burnham

Daniel Hudson Burnham, American, 1846-1912 Edward Herbert Bennett, American, born England, 1874-1954. 20 works in the Art Institute of Chicago's public-domain collection: architectural drawing, from Chicago, dated 1909 to 1896.

Plate 110 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Plan of the Complete System of Street Circulation; Railway Stations; Parks, Boulevard Circuits and Radial Arteries; Public Recreation Piers, Yacht Harbor, and Pleasure-Boat Piers; Treatment of Grant Park; the Main Axis and the Civic Center, Presenting the City as a Complete Organism in which All its Functions are Related One to Another in such a Manner that it will Become a Unit1909 · Ink and wash on paperPlate 129 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. The Business Center of the City, Within the First Circuit Boulevard, Showing the Proposed Grand East-and-West Axis and Its Relation to Grant Park and the Yacht Harbor; the Railway Terminals Schemes on the South and West Sides, and the Civic Center1909 · Graphite, ink, and wash on paperPlan of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, Diagram Showing City Growth1909 · Colored ink, paint, and wash on a printed mapProposed Civic Center Square, Plan of Chicago1909 · Ink on paperPlan of Chicago, Plate 63, Plan of a Proposed Park1909 · Ink and wash on paperPlate 125 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Elevation of Grant Park and Harbor; the Eastern Facade of the City on Michigan Avenue, and the Dome of the Administration Building of the Civic Center, Looking from Lake Michigan.1909 · Ink, graphite, and watercolor on paperPlan of Chicago, Plate 62, Plan of a Proposed Park1909 · Ink and wash on paperPlan of the Center of the City, the 1909 Plan of Chicago1909 · Ink and watercolor on paperPlate 49 from Plan of Chicago 1909: Chicago. View of the City from Jackson Park to Grant Park, Looking Towards the West. The proposed shore treatment as a park enclosing a waterway (or a series of lagoons) is shown, together with the enlarged yacht harbor, recreation piers, and a scheme for Grant Park.1907 · Watercolor with graphite on cream wove paper, discolored to tan, laid down on canvasView of the Proposed Civic Center Plaza and Buildings, The 1909 Plan of Chicago1908 · Graphite and watercolor on paperPlate 131 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Elevation Showing the Group of Buildings Constituting the Proposed Civic Center.1909 · Ink on paperPlate 119 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Sketch Plan of the Intersection of Michigan Avenue and Twelfth Street1907 · Graphite on paperPlate 122 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Railway Station Scheme West of the River Between Canal and Clinton Streets, Showing the Relation With the Civic Center.1905 · Graphite and watercolor on paperPlate 75 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Diagram of the City, Showing Complete System of Inner Circuits1909 · Colored ink on a printed mapThe Plan of Chicago Plate 106, Chicago, Illinois, Presentation Drawing1909 · Ink and wash on paperPlate 35 from Plan of Chicago 1909: Chicago, and Diagram of Lake Michigan. Proposed Roadway to connect all the towns along the shores of the Lake.1909 · Graphite and colored pencil on paperPlate 137 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. View of the Proposed Development in the Center of the City, from Twenty-Second Street to Chicago Avenue, Looking Towards the East Over the Civic Center to Grant Park and Lake Michigan1907 · Gouache and graphite on toned paperPlan of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, Railroad Circuits Diagram1909 · Colored ink and paint on a printed mapPlate 50 A from Plan of Chicago 1909: Chicago. View of the Proposed Park on the South Shore Looking Northwest Towards the City.1896 · Pastel on paperPlate 91 from The Plan of Chicago, Chicago, Proposed Diagonal Arteries1909 · Black and colored ink, graphite, and colored pencil on a printed map

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