OPTICAL VIEW. GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND. View of the Royal Palac - Lot 22

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OPTICAL VIEW. GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND. View of the Royal Palac - Lot 22
OPTICAL VIEW. GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND. View of the Royal Palace at Hampton Court, 15 miles from London, circa 1775. Watercolor etching, 33.5 x 44.5 cm, presented under passe-partout, 40 x 50 cm. Optical views, also known as vues, perspectives or "mondo nuovo", were popular engravings in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. They were intended to be observed through a set of several mirrors or by means of a Zygrascope, an instrument consisting of a mirror and a lens.
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