Cosmorama
{{Short description|Exhibit of an all-encompassing panorama of a famous location}}
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A cosmorama is an exhibition of perspective pictures of different places in the world, usually world landmarks. Careful use of illumination and lenses gives the images greater realism.
Cosmorama was also the name of an entertainment in 19th century London, at 207-209 Regent Street, at which the public could view scenes of distant lands and exotic subjects through optical devices that magnified the pictures. It was later converted into an exhibition of curiosities named the Prince of Wales Bazaar. Exhibits included a sea lion, a sea serpent and L. Bertolotto's Flea circus.
File:John vanderlyn, panoramic view of the palace and gardens of versailles, 1818-1819, 01.JPG|Cosmorama of Chateau Versailles (1819-1818), once in City Hall Park, New York City, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
File:John vanderlyn, panoramic view of the palace and gardens of versailles, 1818-1819, 02.JPG|Cosmorama of Chateau Versailles (1819-1818), once in City Hall Park, New York City, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
File:John vanderlyn, panoramic view of the palace and gardens of versailles, 1818-1819, 03.JPG|Cosmorama of Chateau Versailles (1819-1818), once in City Hall Park, New York City, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Port-au-Prince Cosmorama
Port-au-Prince Cosmorama was an exhibition of perspective pictures of different places and landmarks in the world, held on March 2, 1834, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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- {{cite book |editor-last1=Toulmin |editor-first1=Vanessa|editor-link1=Vanessa Toulmin|editor-last2=Popple|editor-first2=Simon |title=Visual Delights Two: Exhibition and Reception |publisher=John Libbey |date=2006 |isbn=9780861966578 |pages=188–189 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=9cWSHOsXuLQC&pg=PA188 |accessdate=10 July 2016}}
- {{cite web |url=https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/nfa/researchandarticles/showsoflondon |title=Shows of London (Cosmorama Rooms) |website=National Fairground Archive |publisher= The University of Sheffield |accessdate=10 July 2016}}
- The Cosmorama {{cite book |title=The Literary Gazette: A Weekly Journal of Literature, Science, and the Fine Arts |date=1834 |page=380|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=r1CrW3RTWVUC&pg=PA380|accessdate=10 July 2016|last1=Jerdan |first1=William |last2=Workman |first2=William Ring |last3=Arnold |first3=Frederick |last4=Morley |first4=John |last5=Goodwin |first5=Charles Wycliffe }}
- Port-au-Prince Cosmorama {{cite book |title= Feuille du commerce, petites affiches et annonces du Port-au-Prince |date=1834 |page=4|url= https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5810231/f4.item.zoom}}
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