{"product_id":"battle-of-trafalgar-leicester-square-panorama-viewer-s-key-broadside-1806-map-p-8-007031","title":"Battle of Trafalgar—Leicester Square Panorama viewer's key broadside 1806 map","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'Battle of Trafalgar—Panorama, Leicester Square'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA fascinating survival from Henry Aston Barker’s Leicester Square panorama of the Battle of Trafalgar, exhibited in 1806–07. Printed on paper bearing an 1802 watermark—evidence that its paper stock predates the battle by three years—the broadside was issued only months after Nelson’s victory, giving it unusual physical and historical immediacy. The rectangular sheet combines a circular, continuous sea-level view of the battle with two numbered fleet plans, showing Nelson’s line breaking the combined French and Spanish formation. A detailed key identifies ships, commanders and armaments, while the surrounding advertisement supplies admission information and promotes the panorama’s eyewitness authority. Visitors used the sheet to orient themselves within Barker’s enormous 360-degree painting, making it both a naval print and an early guide to immersive entertainment. It brings together pre-battle paper, a near-contemporary representation of the action and the commercial presentation of recent news as spectacle.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53843356483931,"sku":"P-8-007031","price":800.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-8-007031a.jpg?v=1787236464","url":"https:\/\/www.antiquemapsandprints.com\/products\/battle-of-trafalgar-leicester-square-panorama-viewer-s-key-broadside-1806-map-p-8-007031","provider":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}