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Diorama

noun
1.
A picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene.  Synonyms: cyclorama, panorama.






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"Diorama" Quotes from Famous Books



... staggered. He remembered having written, but he would scarcely perhaps have described his letter as "sweet," as he had not done much more than enclose a cheque for his son's account and object to the items for pew-rent and scientific lectures with the diorama as excessive. ...
— Vice Versa - or A Lesson to Fathers • F. Anstey

... the Chapel, from the Diorama, in the Regent's Park, with ample descriptive details, will be found in vol. v. ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 17, - Issue 479, March 5, 1831 • Various

... Craig inhabited Chateau St. Louis during the winters of 1809-10-11, occupying Spencer Wood during the summer months. The Chateau stables were subsequently converted into a riding school, afterwards into a theatre, where the exhibition of Harrison's Diorama caused the awful tragedy of 12th June, 1846. [41] The Earl of Durham, in 1838, struck with the commanding position of this site, had the charred ruins of the old Chateau removed and erected a lofty platform which soon was called after ...
— Picturesque Quebec • James MacPherson Le Moine



Words linked to "Diorama" :   icon, image, ikon, cyclorama, picture, panorama



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