Viewer's key to a panorama of Plymouth, entitled "The circle of observation in the Lower Room, Panorama, Leicester-Square. Representing a view of Plymouth"
Content Description
Single sheet illustrated guide to the panorama of Plymouth, entitled "The circle of observation in the Lower Room, Panorama, Leicester-Square. Representing a view of Plymouth", displayed in the bigger of two galleries at Robert Barker's Panorama in Leicester-Square, London. Woodcut image, with letterpress text. The image reproduces the cylindrical panorama as a flat disc.
Dates
- Publication: 1797
Creator
- Barker, Robert, 1739-1806 (Irish artist) (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Biographical / Historical
Robert Barker (1739-1806) was an Irish artist who invented the concept of "panorama" - a 360 degree view designed to be placed round the inside of a cylinder and viewed from the centre. Robert Barker's first exhibtion was in Edinburgh, but soon after he moved to London, where he showed his large-scale panoramas first in an establishement on Castle Street, and then in a purpose-built building in Leicester Square. This was an immediate success, and when he died in 1806, his son and pupil Henry took over the business in partnership with the artist John Burford.
Extent
1 sheet
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased in April 2023. Accession no. SC-Acc-2023-0033.
Processing Information
Catalogued by Aline Brodin in October 2023.
Creator
- Barker, Robert, 1739-1806 (Irish artist) (Author, Person)
- Title
- Viewer's key to a panorama of Plymouth, entitled "The circle of observation in the Lower Room, Panorama, Leicester-Square. Representing a view of Plymouth", 1797
- Author
- Aline Brodin
- Date
- October 2023
- Description rules
- Isad(G)2
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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