Accession number
PML 150438.1-2
Published
London : Published by J. Burgis, 44, Maiden-Lane, Covent-Garden, and sold by all booksellers, [ca. 1824]
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
Title from booklet.
Panorama consisting of 24 cards, each depicting a view of some part of Athens. Each section is numbered and a print of "View of Athens" in the booklet shows how the cards are arranged to form the main seven views, including Temple of Erectheus, Mount Parnassus, Marathon, etc. In addition, the views on the cards are so contrived that, placed side by side in any order, they still match and form different views, the number of variations possible, being almost infinite.
An instruction book (8 folded pages) gives details of methods of composition and samples of suggested tints and colors. Intended for students of landscape painting.
John Heaviside Clark is credited with having invented the name myriorama, and has designed the Hellenicorama and written the manual (Stafford)
Panorama consisting of 24 cards, each depicting a view of some part of Athens. Each section is numbered and a print of "View of Athens" in the booklet shows how the cards are arranged to form the main seven views, including Temple of Erectheus, Mount Parnassus, Marathon, etc. In addition, the views on the cards are so contrived that, placed side by side in any order, they still match and form different views, the number of variations possible, being almost infinite.
An instruction book (8 folded pages) gives details of methods of composition and samples of suggested tints and colors. Intended for students of landscape painting.
John Heaviside Clark is credited with having invented the name myriorama, and has designed the Hellenicorama and written the manual (Stafford)
Description
24 cards : handcol. ill. (aquatints) ; 20 x 6.8 cm (cards 1-22, 24) and 20 x 13.6 cm (card 23) + booklet.
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Publisher's green morocco box with red gold-tooled title label and red cotton ties. A colored print of the Temple of Minerva at Athens is pasted inside the lid. 22.7 x 6.8 x 2.8 cm (box)
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