#victorianera — Public Fediverse posts

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🔍🏛️ A #study from the University of #Exeter shows that as early as the 1830s, a #London #realestate firm called Brooks and Hedger used cosmoramas to sell high-end estates.

A #cosmorama was a gallery of #paintings viewed through a magnifying lens, giving the illusion of depth and depth of field. Artists hand-painted bird’s-eye views of each listing, offering buyers an early “virtual tour” more than a century before the #internet.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/technology/19th-century-real-estate-peeopshow-preview/

#history #1800s #19thcentury #tech #technology #innovation #culture #victorianera #art #science #zillow