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 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 Manuscripts
DG70 P7 D4
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Copyright Status:: 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.
Contributors:: Donaldson, Thomas Leverton, 1795–1885.
Burford, John.
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