The word panorama is used very frequently in modern times.
But the word itself is very old.
Barker displayed his 360-degree paintings inside a brick rotunda building which he erected in Leicester Square, London.
He called it The Panorama.
Details from a panorama depicting the Siege of Sevastopol, created in 1905.
A team of artists were usually involved in the creation of a single panorama.
Some did the landscape, some drew the people, some created the skies.
Often artists would travel to the sites and sketch the scenes on site.
New panoramas were being created all the time, and exhibits were changed every few months.
Between 1793 and 1863, at least 126 panoramas were exhibited at the Museum of London.
Sevastopol Panorama [click to enlarge].
Borodino Panorama [click to enlarge].
The painting is 15 meters tall and 115 meters long.
Its now on display at the Panorama Museum of the Borodino Battle in Moscow.
It depicts an average morning in the Swiss town of Thun.
Another very old panorama is the Salzburg Panorama, dating to 1829.
It was painted by Johann Michael Sattler and is housed in the Salzburg Museum, in Austria.
The most popular ones traveled from city to city to provide local entertainment, like a travelling circus.
New panoramas are still being created, but on a smaller scale.
Panorama Mesdag
Panorama Mesdag.
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Detail of Panorama Mesdag.
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Detail of Panorama Mesdag.
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Gettysburg Cyclorama
Details from Gettysburg Cyclorama.
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Details from Gettysburg Cyclorama.
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Details from Gettysburg Cyclorama.
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Pleven Panorama
Pleven Panorama [click to enlarge].
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Details from Feszty Panorama.
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Bourbaki Panorama
Details from Bourbaki Panorama.
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Details from Bourbaki Panorama.
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Details from Bourbaki Panorama.
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Panorama 1453 Historical Museum
The panorama at Panorama 1453 Historical Museum.
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A model of Panorama 1453 Historical Museum, within the museum.
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