Event Type
Exhibition
Event Details
Venue Type: Unknown
Location: Portsmouth
County: Hampshire
Type: Exhibition
Venue: Queen's Rooms
Location: Portsmouth
County: Hampshire
Type: Exhibition
Venue: Queen's Rooms
Date
-
Date notes
Thursday, Friday
Event Program
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| Title | Performed Person / Troupe | Notes | Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panorama of Australia & America, with accompanying Lecture | Brice | JamesBrice | Scenes 28-30 described as follows: 28 – “Moonlight Scene on the River Mississippi”, 29 – “The River Missouri, with a Camp of the Sioux Indians”, 30 – “American Farm on the River Ohio”. | Exhibition, Lecture |
Bibliographic Sources
- Portsmouth Central Library, Historical Collections Playbill (Queen's Rooms) - February 13-14, 1851:Info in Record:
- Performance Type: Exhibition/Lecture
- Performers Listed: “Mr. James Brice” (“a Returned Emigrant”)
- Days & Times: “February 13th, and 14th, 1851”
- Venue Name: “Queen’s Rooms, Lion Terrace, Portsea”
- Other Acts on Bill: “After the Lecture will be introduced experiments for illustrating the cause of those Atmospheric Spectra .. the Mirage, (often seen in Australia), Phantom or Ghost Ships – Horsemen in the Air and the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights”.
- Program Info: “Panorama of Australia and America”, “Two Dioramic Lectures, (Each Lecture complete in itself,) Illustrating with 80 Scenes, The Life of An Emigrant”. Scenes 28-30 described as follows: 28 – “Moonlight Scene on the River Mississippi”, 29 – “The River Missouri, with a Camp of the Sioux Indians”, 30 – “American Farm on the River Ohio”. Other race-related: several scenes also pertain to Aboriginal Peoples of Australia.
- Other: audience, description/review (including endorsements from Monmouth, Hereford, York, etc. papers), performance time, ticket info, imagery