The “Cyclorama” was a very popular late 1800s attraction that gave visitors a kind of “three dimensional” view of landscapes usually in the form of famous battles. Made of large oil-painted canvases people could view the large paintings and sometimes see very detailed areas of a battlefield.
The “Battle of Gettysburg” Cyclorama at Gettysburg National Military Park is [deleted] one that has survived, but there were others and one of them was displayed for a time in Denver, Colorado. The Gettysburg Cyclorama is 359 feet long, 27 feet high and weighs an estimated 3 tons. A visitor sent me the following photos of the location in Denver where the Cyclorama was displayed for a time; these images were sent to me back in July:
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August 14th, 2009 at 5:53 PM
There’s another surviving cyclorama in Atlanta.
August 14th, 2009 at 6:12 PM
>The “Battle of Gettysburg” Cyclorama at Gettysburg National >Military Park is the only one that has survived
Huh? Are you aware of the Atlanta Cyclorama in Atlanta?
August 15th, 2009 at 8:26 AM
DAn, clearly I was not aware of it. Thanks Will for adding the info!
C
August 15th, 2009 at 8:41 PM
No problem; for that matter, there are actually two other Cycloramas in the world: one somewhere in Canada that depicts a Biblical scene, and another somewhere in storage in Egypt (don’t know what it portrays, though).
July 29th, 2010 at 10:35 PM
chris, thought you might want to be aware of the only other gettysburg cyclorama .we currently represent the owners of the Chicago (Wake Forest University) version. which is stunningly incredible ! check it out on our site http://www.lastersfineart.com thanks larry