The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-03-25
PANORAMAS AND DlORAMAs.

PANORAMAS AND DIORAMAs.
Some Of the More Notable Of Amerf-
can Cycloramas.
The panorama was invented by Mr..
Barker, Scotch artist, who resided in
Edinburgh, one hundred years ago.
The idea occurred to him while taking
sketch of that city from the top OF
Arthur's Seat. For that purpose he
was compelled to invent new kind OF
perspective for the horizontal lines, and
to manage the projection SO that just
effect should be produced to the eye OF
the spectator when the picture was
viewed from an elevated point, and
filed. apparently, the entire horizon
wherever the eye might turn. Barker ex-
hibited the first panorama in 1888. The
word is derived from Greek words sig
nifying "all'' and ''view," representa-
tion of the whole landscape on every
side, as seen from one point. Cyclic
rama is also an invented word, which
may be freely translated circular view,
or view all around. 1t seems to be the
fashion to apply it distinctively to the
larger panoramas.
1t was only seven years after Barker's
first exhibition before the panorama
was introduced into Philadelphia. Ed
ward Savage, an American artist. a ma
tive of New England, was the painter.
Savage is well known as the artist who
drew the picture of Washington and
his family, composition which was
largely engraved and autographed, and
was in former years a fayorite in the
houses of patriotic families. Savage
produced panorama of London and
Westminster, which he exhibited in
1895 in circular building on Market
street, between Tenth and Eleventh
streets. Whether it was specially erect
ed for the purpose or adapted for the
occasion is not known. In newspaper
notices of this picture it was said: 1T
is painted in circle, and looks like
reality" The building was afterward
put to various purposes, and in Janua-
1905, fell from the weight of snow rest
ing upon the roof.
The certainty of the establishment of
the centen nial exposition in this city
brought large number of exhibitions
and side-shows from other places. In
1876 the colosseum building in New
York, which was built in 1873 bv r.
L. Kennard, was removed to this city
and planted on the lot at the southeast
corner of Broad and Locust streets.
Kennard had bought the pictures of
the old colosseum in Regents park,
London. The exhibition in New York
was open for two years, but was not
very successful. The material of the
building was corrugated iron, which
rose n feet above the sidewalk, and
was finished off with tower of 100 feet
high, which was in use as an OBJ
servatory. The tower had two ealle-
ries, and was a fine point for observ-
alton of the city. The diameter of this
building was l25 feet and the circum-
ference 40a feet. Altogether the col
osseum was complete for the purpose
intended. The picture was Paris by
Night" and covered 10, 900 square feet
of canvas. The buildings. streets, etc.,
were SO faithfully drawn that visitors
who had been in Paris were frequently
able to pick out the houses in which
they had been dodgers. 1t was beau
tiful painting, wonderfully effective. It
was opened on the 1st of MAY, 1876.
under the management of T. B. Pugh.
and drew for long while, Subseauent-
ly the building was used for a market.
and finally was taken down and set up
in Boston.
BY permission Of the commissioners
OF Paramount park circular building
was erected on Elm avenue, near the
east end of the centennial grounds, in
1876, for the exhibition of a picture
which represented the fight near the
city of Paris in 1871, when the. Germans
were pressing upon the French capital
The view from an elevated position was
connected with earth and grass. on
which, in the foreground, were scat
tered figures of dead soldiers, broken
down artillery wagons, and other ind
cations Of fierce struggle. These led
to the picture and were so inSeniousIy
arranged that it was Impossible to tell
where these ''stage properties" ended
and the painting commenced. Although
not so large nor sc beautiful or attract
i've as 'Paras by Night" this was an in
teresting and effective painting. and
enjoyed a good measure of success dur
ing the centennial season and afterward.
The exhibitors called it .'diorama."
improperly, as it possessed all the attri-
butes of panorama.
For twelve years the panorama ceased
to be an object among our art exhi-
bitions. In the meantime, for the want
of suitable buildings for the display of
circular paintings, the diorama had been
invented by M. Daguerre and NJ. Bouton.
French artists, in 1922. The name
diorama is derived from two Greek
words. signifying q look through. 1t
was not a circular picture. 1t exhibited
. scene which was shown to the audi
ence through a large aperture or pro-
scenium. The admission of lights
through parts of the picture, through
transparencies, and other articles, gave
to these views 8 clearness, effect. and
distance which had not hitherto been
obtained in q panorama. The success
OF these stationary pictures led also to
the invention OF the moving panor-
ANA which for time usurped the at
tention which had been before demand
cd by the circular views. The moving
panorama was wound on cylinders. <
portion of the painting as it was un-
rolled was seen by the audience, and
rerolled upon another cylinder as the
exhibition progressed. d.-Philadelphia
Ledger,
Greeley's Repartees.
Mr.. Greeley made on many occasions
tart and telling replies to his assailants
and correspondenfs Whan Colo,.l