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Cross-Section of a Panorama with a View of Berlin
Cross-Section of a Panorama with a View of Berlin

Cross-Section of a Panorama with a View of Berlin

Artist/Maker (German, 1771–1839)
Date1801
MediumPen, ink, and watercolor on paper
DimensionsSheet: 5 15/16 × 6 11/16 in. (15.1 × 17 cm)
Credit LinePurchase Show Fund
Object number1960.100
Status
Not on view
More Information
This drawing depicts a type of entertainment in which admission was paid to enter a space with a 360-degree panoramic view of a city or landscape. Panoramas of this kind were first built in Edinburgh in 1788 and soon afterwards became quite popular.
Exhibition History
The Desire to See: The Panorama - The History of a Mass Medium
  • Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (May 27, 1993 - July 19, 1993 )
On Line: European Drawings, 16th-19th Centuries
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 18, 2007 - January 27, 2008 )
Identity and Belonging in Early Modern Europe
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 18, 2022 - July 17, 2022 )
Collections
  • European
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