GDG- Re: cycloramas

[Biggsk at aol.com]

Hello,
 
Someone asked:

>>>How many Cyclorama-style paintings from the war were  actually done?>>>



There was one done for Missionary Ridge, completed in  1886,  besides those 
for Atlanta and Gettysburg.  The MR one was  first displayed in Chicago and 
right across the street was displayed the  Gettysburg one.  They had buildings 
that could be taken apart and  transported across the country.  In 1892, after 
being shown in Chattanooga  and Atlanta, the MR cyclorama, all 20,000 square 
feet of it, was destroyed by a  tornado while in Nashville.  There are portions 
of it that were copied and  have been depicted in some CW books over time 
however.
 
Greg Biggs