Author: HARRY H. HAMILTON
Title: Harry H. Hamilton's [Original] Excursions, 120,000 Miles in 120 Minutes. At the Albert Palace, Battersea Park.
Description: Glasgow: Crocket & Compy., lithographers, 1884. [ink note] Bifolium, 265 x 180 mm. on yellow/brown paper, a little chipped. Hamilton's Panstereorama of passing events including incidents from the Soudan & Egyptian wars, the defence of Rorke's Drift, the bombardment of Alexandria, the daringnc avalry charge at Kassassin, the battles of Tel-el-Keber and Tamasi> also panoramas of London, Dublin, Edinburgh, Snowden, etc. The creative artists included T.E. Ryan, T. Gray, W.H. Duggan and others. The Hamilton brothers toured their exhibitions from the mid 19th century until around 1910, although there was a short revival in the 1920s.

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