The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-31
THE PANORAMA.
Invention of a Once Most Fashionable
Source OF Amusement.

Invention of Once Most Fashionable
Source OF Amusement.
The invention of the panorama, at
| one time a most fashionable amuse-
ment in New York and London, is gen
orally credited to Robert Barker, a
| Scotch artist of Edin burgh, who con
ceived the idea while sketching view
of London. In 1857 Barker obtained a
license and erected building on Lei
cester square, London, and in the fol
lowing year he presented a view OF
Edinburgh, then one of London, fol
lowed by battles at sea- His partner
was Robert Fulton, the inventor OF
the steamboat, who also introduced
the panorama into Paris in 1895;
but in order to devote his whole
time to steam effects Fulton resigned
in favor of Mr.. Thayer. The latter had
built a rotunda on the Boulevard
| Montmaitre, since known as the Pas
sage DIES Panorama
Mr.. Barker died in 1906 and was sue
! ceeded by his son, whose partner was
Mr.. Burford, painter of the chief mod
ern panoramas. 1t is said that so well
painted was the wreck of ships boat,
with sailors struggling in the waves,
that dog belonging to one of the spec
tators plunged over the handrail TO res
cue the supposed drowning men. The
most popular panorama ever exhibited
in London was the battle of Waterloo,
which brought in $4,000, no small
sum in those days.
In December, 1889, Mr.. Catherwood,
an Englishman, erected rotunda on
Prince street, New York, opposite
Niblo's garden. This ediice was sixty
six feet high, and two hundred and
eighty feet in circumference, and was
made of brick The first panorama
shown in this place was of Jerusalem,
from drawings made on the spot by
Mr.. Catherwood. who was traveller OF
note. The views of Jerusalem were
popular until May, 1910, when after a
weeks closing, the place was reopened
with a panorama of Rome, from draw
ings made in 1887. While in Egypt and
Nubia Mr.. Catherwood so impressed
the governor of Jerusalem with his in
dustry and talent that he was granted
privileges no other foreigner had ever
been allowed. He brought away with
him two thousand sketches, and while
there he was engaged to repair works
of art that needed such attention.
In 1910 or 1S4l John Barnard, a ma
tive of New York city, who had some
talent as an ar fist but still more as a
lecturer, went down the Mississippi
river in a fatboat and endured many
privations to make his views of that
great river realistic He was short OF
funds and without credit, and all the
work was done By himself AS is the
usual fate of geniuses, he met with little
encouragement for while, but finally
success came He took his colossal
pictures to New York and exhi bited
them at the Chinese assembly rooms on
Broadway. This panorama of the Mis-
sissippi was on canvas three miles
long.
On January 90, 1851, at the Olympic
theater, New York, was shown Nagle's
panorama Of Ireland, the lecturer being
Prof Campbell, OF Trinity college, Dub
lin. In November. 1851, at Stoppain
hall. Broadway. was exhibited the
Grand Moving Picture OF the Crystal
Palace, London" P. 7. Barnum was
the proprietor. Here also was shown a
birdseye view OF London. the Crystal
Palace and the yacht America of Cowes
when she triumphed over the whole
fleet OF the Royal Yacht club.
The sterlorama IS French inver ton
, This Is a miniature representation N
relief OF towns or other subjects con-
structed Of cork, pastebosrd or any
light, flexible substance 1t also differs
from the panorama By being fat, while
the lat ter IS circular.
The more or less popular cTcloramzs
OF the present day are so wei known
that description Of them Is unnece-
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