Panorama patented

[petermarshall@xxxxxxxxx (Peter Marshall)]

I posted something about the origin of panoramas a while ago and couldn't 
find the web reference. There is a board with details close to the actual 
site at the south east end of Blackriars Bridge in London. Here is the 
stuff from the web:

http://www.topsoc.org/mapviews.htm

Barker's Panorama of London from the Roof of the Albion                
Mills, with introduction by Ralph Hyde and keys 
by Peter Jackson. Robert Barker not only invented and 
patented the concept of a vast 360 degree painting, but he 
also originatedthe word panorama. His London panorama of 
1792 was displayed in a specially constructed building and 
launched a phenomenon which swept Europe and America. 

Our publication reproduces the aquatint engraving, 
which immortalised his achievement. Six colour sheets 
plus three sheets of introduction, in a folder. 
Publication no.139 (1988). £10.00. 


Peter Marshall
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