Plan of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, Railroad Circuits Diagram
Medium
Colored ink and paint on a printed map
Dimensions
77 × 62 cm (30 5/16 × 24 7/16 in.)
Classification
design drawing
Department
Architecture and Design
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
196332
About the Artist
Daniel Hudson Burnham · 1846–1912
Daniel Hudson Burnham (1846–1912) was one of the most influential American architects and urban planners of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. Born in Henderson, New York, he twice failed the entrance examinations for Harvard and Yale, eventually finding his calling through an apprenticeship in architecture. His transformative partnership with John Wellborn Root, formed in Chicago in 1873, establ...