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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 Manuscripts
DG70 P7 D4
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
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.
Contributors:
Donaldson, Thomas Leverton, 1795-1885.
Burford, John.
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