Title monday summer (1 resultados)

Single leaf broadside. Central old vertical fold, two old horizontal folds. A trifle dampstained. An apparently unrecorded broadside advertising the exhibition, at the Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens, of an 'entirely new-modelled dioramic picture', a grand panorama painted by artist George Danson (1799-1881) depicting the army of Napoleon crossing the Alps during the Italian campaign of 1800, purportedly 'the largest picture in the world'. The colossal scene served as a backdrop for spectacular evening entertainments, including a 'pyrotechnic tableau' illustrating the celebrated equestrian portrait of Napoleon at the Saint Bernard Pass by Jacques-Louis David, and concluding with a 'gorgeous display of fireworks'. Unrecorded by OCLC and COPAC. Size: Dimensions 450 x 290 mm.…