Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Barker, Henry Aston, 1774-1856
Title:: Explanation of a magnificent view of Grand Cairo : painted upon 10,000 square feet of canvas, by H.A. Barker, from drawings taken by Mr. Salt, for Lord Valentia, from a tower in the Old Citadel, now exhibiting in the great rotunda of the Panorama, Leicester Square : the upper circle contains in interesting view of Flushing.
Alternate Title(s):: Panorama, Leicester Square
Published / Created:: [London] : J. Adlard, printer, Duke-Street, Smithfield, [1808 or 1809]
Physical Description:: 1 print : woodcut and letterpress ; sheet 28 x 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Related Content:: View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:12829300
Classification:: Prints
Notes:: "Admittance to each painting, 1s. Open from ten till dusk."
Subject Terms:: Panorama (Leicester Square, London, England) | Panoramas -- Great Britain. | Cairo (Egypt) -- Pictorial works. | Cairo (Egypt) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Form/Genre:: Advertisements. | Broadsides. | Woodcuts -- 1808.
Contributors:: Adlard, James, printer. | Salt, Henry, 1780–1827. | Panorama (Leicester Square, London, England)