introduction ralph hyde keys peter (2 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: New. [6] pages, 6 leaves of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), 1 portrait ; 49 x 59 cm. The English itinerant portrait painter Robert Barker s semi-circular Panorama of London, painted as if viewed from the roof of Albion Mills on the South Bank, comprised a series of six prints. Albion Mills was a steam-powered flour mill situated on the southeastern side of Blackfriars Bridge in northern Southwark. Barker coined the word panorama , from Greek pan ( all ) horama ( view ). In 1793 Barker moved his panoramas to the first purpose-built panorama building in the world, in Leicester Square, and made a fortune. Viewers flocked to pay three shillings to stand on a central platform under a skylight, which offered an even light, to get an experience that was panoramic (an adjective that didn t appear in print until 1813).

Soft cover. Condición: New. 1 atlas (6 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates) : colour illustrations, maps ; 63 x 58 cm.