Vue D'Optique
London - Leicester Square, 1780 c.
An original hand-coloured antique copper-engraving
12 x 16 in
31 x 41 cm
31 x 41 cm
LDNp8441
Leicester Square: View of the square with a statue of King George I. Vue d'Optiques were popular as a form of education and entertainment during the mid eighteenth century with...
Leicester Square: View of the square with a statue of King George I.
Vue d'Optiques were popular as a form of education and entertainment during the mid eighteenth century with Paris and Augsburg the major centres of publication. Vue d'Optiques are easily identifiable by the vivid contrasting original colour and the image almost always being printed in reverse. They were intended to be viewed through a zograscope, a wooden frame fitted with a series of lenses. When viewed through the lenses, the image took on a 3-dimensional appearance giving a more ‘realistic’ impression of far-off places.
Vue d'Optiques were popular as a form of education and entertainment during the mid eighteenth century with Paris and Augsburg the major centres of publication. Vue d'Optiques are easily identifiable by the vivid contrasting original colour and the image almost always being printed in reverse. They were intended to be viewed through a zograscope, a wooden frame fitted with a series of lenses. When viewed through the lenses, the image took on a 3-dimensional appearance giving a more ‘realistic’ impression of far-off places.
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