Boston Cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg advertisement, 1886 – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic image captures Boston Cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg advertisement, 1886 in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Boston Cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg advertisement, 1886
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The Boston Cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg was a huge painted panorama, and this 1886 advertisement shows how its backers pitched the experience to a public that could still remember the battle from their own lives. Cycloramas were circular oil paintings, often more than 300 feet around, that wrapped viewers in a scene from the ground up, with painted terrain and sometimes props at the edges to blur the line between canvas and field. Gettysburg, fought in July 1863, was still within living memory when such shows drew crowds in American cities, and the advertising trade of the period leaned heavily on that closeness to history.
| Original scan | 1,233 × 2,079 px · prints to 4 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | cycloramaofbattl00bost-3 |
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