East side of Park Crescent / East side of Park Square, and Diorama, Regent's Park.

Two prints on one sheet: East side of Park Crescent and East side of Park Square, and Diorama, Regent's Park. The Diorama was designed and operated by Jaques Mande Daguerre; it used lighting effects and painted translucent screens on two stages (between which the audience could be switched as their auditorium was turned through 70 degrees) to produce short but impressive shows. See http://www.acmi.net.au/AIC/DIORAMA_WOOD_3.html. It opened in 1823 and closed, commercially unsuccessful, before 1854 when it became a Baptist chapel. The building was converted to offices in about 1985 and is partly occupied by the Prince's trust. The three-storey glass-roofed octagonal lighting dome remains. Published for the Metropolitan Improvements at the completion of the development of the Park.