Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1766-1853)
ca. 1825
1920.4
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
The Historiscope Panorama and History of Americas
Title
The Historiscope Panorama and History of Americas
Object name
Panorama
Date
ca. 1875
Medium
Wood, paper, cardboard, metal
Dimensions
Overall: 2 1/2 x 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. ( 6.4 x 21 x 13.3 cm )
Description
"The Historiscope Panorama and History of Americas" panorama in a cardboard box with window cut in top to reveal a series of views that are printed on a long strip of paper housed on two spools and rotated with cranks (cranks missing); views are polychrome representations of important scenes and events in American history; the top of the box around the window is printed to look like a theater.
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.757
Marks
lithographed: on the cover: "THE/ HISTORISCOPE/ PANORAMA & HISTORY/ OF AMERICA./ PUBLISHED BY MILTON BRADLEY & CO."
Gallery Label
American history is livelier when viewed at the theater. This scroll, whose images appear on a "stage," incorporates scenes from the European discovery of America to the surrender of the British at the end of the Revolution.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
