EditorialFashionable couple at the Russian Mountains rollercoaster, Les Montagnes Russes a Belleville, built in 1812. (The first switchback, Year VII, 1799). Handcoloured lithograph by R.V. after an illustration by Francois Courboin from Octave Uzannes Fashion ...
EditorialThe Piranesian switchback staircase in the Williams Forum at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, May 24, 2021. (Hannah Yoon/The New York Times)
EditorialFashionable couple at the Russian Mountains rollercoaster, Les Montagnes Russes a Belleville, built in 1812. (The first switchback, Year VII, 1799). Handcoloured lithograph by R.V. after an illustration by Francois Courboin from Octave Uzannes Fashion ...