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

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Description

Title: 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
Creator: Burford, J. (John)
Donaldson, Thomas Leverton, 1795-1885
Published / Created: 1824
Publication Place: [London]
Description: A different panorama showing Pompeii was at the Panorama, Leicester Square, at the same time.
Beinecke copy (21 cm) is no. [5] in vol. with binder's title: Panoramas: 1815-1844.
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.
Title vignette (bronze medal found at Pompeii)
Extent: 12 p. fold. front., ill. 23 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: 1988 482

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format: mixed material
Genre: Intaglio prints
Panoramas
Wood engravings
Subject (Geographic): Pompeii (Extinct city)--Pictorial works
Subject (Topic): Panoramas
Pompeii (Extinct city) in art

Access And Usage Rights

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Identifiers

Orbis Record: 754097
Object ID (OID): 11141270