The Grand Diorama of Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress”, Royal Polytechnic Institution, December 1855
- General
The advertisement reads: “CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT. THE GRAND DIORAMA OF BUNYAN’S PILGRIM’S PROGRESS, From Drawings by the late David Scott, R.S.A., The Prince of Scottish Allegorical Painters, WILL BE EXHIBITED FOR THE FIRST TIME, IN THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND EVENING, At 2 Afternoon and 8.45 Evening, with Vocal and Musical Accompaniments. The Pictorial Description by Colonel PARLBY.”
“… Admission to all parts of the Building, 6d. (sixpence); Friday 1s. (shilling).”
- Date
December 1855.
- Panoramas
- Paintings and drawings
- Architecture and design
- Sculpture
- Photography
- Prints
- Industrial
- Other
The Grand Diorama of Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress.
- Venues
Royal Polytechnic Institution, Colosseum Buildings, Jamaica Street, Glasgow.
- Newspaper and magazine references
Advertisement in The Glasgow Herald, Monday 24th of December 1855, page one, under ‘Popular Entertainments, &c.’