Mitchell_LeicesterSquareRotunda_05-11-20.jpg


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English: Plate 14: Section of the Rotunda, Leicester Square, in which is exhibited the Panorama.

Robert Mitchell, Architect. Published May 15th, 1801. Adapted from Mitchell, R. (1801). Plans, and in perspective, with descriptions, of buildings erected in England and Scotland: etc. London: Printed by Wilson & Co. for the author. Sources: https://archive.org/details/gri_33125008065258/page/n14/ | British Library, shelfmark 56.i.12. (Plate 14). The rotunda was designed and built by Robert Mitchell for Robert Barker, inventor of the painted panorama. This adaptation incorporates the architect's own description and key into the diagram. More information: https://regencyredingote.wordpress.com/2012/08/03/robert-barkers-leicester-square-panorama-the-rotunda/

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Robert Mitchell's diagram illustrating the Leicester Square Rotunda, in which was exhibited the Panorama (annotated adaptation)

15 December 2019

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