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Subject Terms Panoramas -- Scotland -- Edinburgh.

1. Now exhibiting in the second circle, a view of Edinburgh and the surrounding country : the contemplation of this grand and delightful scene, and an earnest desire to represent it entire, were the first circumstances which impressed Mr. Barker's mind with the idea of a panorama : the public may now form a judgment of the comparative excellence of three views, reckoned by men of taste the finest in Europe, namely, Constantinople and Plymouth, which have been exhibited, and Edinburgh, which is now open.

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Creator:: Barker, Robert, 1739–1806
Date:: 1806
Physical Description:: 1 print : woodcut and letterpress ; 27.3 x 22.1 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts