Description of a view of the ruins of the city of Pompeii,, 1824
- Title(s):
Description of a view of the ruins of the city of Pompeii, and surrounding country, now exhibiting in the Panorama, Strand; painted from drawings taken on the spot by Mr. Burford.
- Published/Created:
- [London] 1824.
- Physical Description:
- 12 p. fold. front., ill. 23 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsDG70 P7 D4View by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/190280
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- BAC : "J. and C. Adlard, printers."
BAC : Frontispiece by W. Hughes.
Title vignette (bronze medal found at Pompeii)
Includes a brief history of Pompeii and an explanation of the panorama, by Thomas Leverton Donaldson.
The artist is identified as John Burford in Notes and queries, v. 159 (1930), p. 75.
A different panorama showing Pompeii was at the Panorama, Leicester Square, at the same time. - Subject Terms:
- Panoramas.Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Description and travel.
- Form/Genre:
- Panoramas.
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