VUE OPTICS

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Vue Optics, Perspective Views or in German, Guckkastenblättern were meant to be seen with a special viewer to enhance the three dimensional effect.

They were designed according to strict principles of linear perspective, with a distant object placed in the center of the print.

176	FRANCE 1760
Title	Vue de L'Hotel de Ville de Marseille, et d'une Partie du Port.
Description	Vue optic of the Hotel de Ville in Marseilles showing victims of the bubonic plague. The Great Plague of Marseilles (1720) was the last significant European outbreak of the plague. The disease arrived in the port on a merchant ship, the Grand-Saint-Antoine, which had travelled from Sidon in Lebanon after visiting Smyrna, Tripoli and Cyprus. During the voyage, several members of the crew, including the ship’s surgeon, fell ill and the ship was refused entry at the Italian port of Livorno before arriving in Marseille and being placed in quarantine. The disease spread a few days later, hospitals were overrun and mass graves were quickly filled. Eventually, attempts to control the outbreak by the public authorities failed and bodies began piling up in the streets. The outbreak resulted in more than 100,000 people dying and decimated the Marseilles population by more than half.
Date	C1760
Artist	Artist unknown
Image Size	245mm × 440mm
Condition	Overall age toning, otherwise in good condition.
Technique	Vue Optic, original hand coloured copper engraving.
Price:	$A 225
Stock no	DEC 1760 VOP 22

177	FRANCE 1760
Title	Vue perspective de la Carriere de Nancy du cote du Midi.
Description	Vue Optic of the Place de la Carriere in Nancy looking towards Héré’s Arc de Triomphe and Stanislas Place from the Palais du Gouverneur. The squares and surrounding buildings were commissioned by Stanis³aw I Leszczyñski and designed by the royal architect Emmanuel Héré de Corny as a way of connecting the old medieval town of Nancy with the new town built under Charles III in the seventeenth century. It also linked the two existing handsome buildings, the Hotel de Ville and the Hotel de Gouvernement.
Date	C1760
Artist	Artist unknown
Image Size	285mm × 405mm
Condition	In good condition.
Technique	Vue Optic, original hand coloured copper engraving.
Price:	$A 250
Stock no	DEC 1760 VOP 20

	1760 UNKNOWN
Title	Palatium Pamphilu et area Navona in Romea , 17 Vue D'Optique Representant, Le Palais de Pamphilius et la Place de Navone a Rome.
Description	Piazza Navona, Rome. During the C18th "vues d'optique" became extremely popular in England and Europe. They capitalised on a market eager for the latest novelty. They were specifically designed to create the illusion of perspective when viewed with a zograscope or perspective glass. These viewing devices used a series of reflecting mirrors to enhance the illusion of depth in the print, creating a veritable "view" for the onlooker.
Date	1760
Artist	Artist unknown
Image Size	280mm × 420mm
Condition	Slight smudging to the edge of image on the top right, otherwise in godd condition.
Technique	Copper engraving with original hand colouring
Price:	$A 750
Stock no	DEC 1760 VOP 034

	1760 UNKNOWN
Title	Ruines de l'ancienne Rome les restes du Temple de Minerve.
Date	1760
Artist	Artist unknown
Image Size	275mm × 410mm
Condition	In good condition.
Technique	Vue Optic, original hand coloured copper engraving.
Price:	$A 450
Stock no	DEC 1760 VOP 032

	1760 UNKNOWN
Title	Vue du Palais du Viceroy et d'une partie de la Ville de Naples.
Date	1760
Artist	Artist unknown
Image Size	285mm × 420mm
Condition	In good condition.
Technique	Copper engraving with original hand colouring
Price:	P.O.A
Stock no	DEC 1760 VOP 033

	AMSTERDAM 1760
Title	L'Eglise du Ouest et la Boucherie, a Amsterdam
Description	View of Amsterdam's Keizersgracht canal.
Date	C1760
Artist	Chereau
Image Size	250mm × 390mm
Condition	In good condition.
Technique	Original hand coloured copper engraving.
Price:	$A 250
Stock no	VOP 015 HOL

	AUSTRIA 1760
Title	Vue des treillages du Jardin de S.E. le General Comle d'Althann en face.
Description	Vue Optics, Perspective Views or in German, Guckkastenblättern were meant to be seen with a special viewer to enhance the three dimensional effect. They were designed according to strict principles of linear perspective, with a distant object placed in the center of the print.
Date	C1760
Artist	Artist Unknown
Image Size	200mm × 380mm
Framed Size	495mm × 660mm
Technique	Original hand coloured copper engraving.
Price:	$A 650
Stock no	DEC 1760 VOP 21

	BELGIUM 1760
Title	Vue Perspective de la Grotte des Peintres en Flandre
Date	C1760
Artist	Maillet
Image Size	250mm × 400mm
Condition	Slight smudging top left, good condition
Technique	Vue Optic, original hand coloured copper engraving.
Price:	$A 225
Stock no	DEC 1760 VOP 14

	CHINA 1760
Title	Bal Chinois donne par l'empereur une fois tous les ans aux jours gras
Description	During the C18th "vues d'optique" became extremely popular in England and Europe. They capitalised on a market eager for the latest novelty. They were specifically designed to create the illusion of perspective when viewed with a zograscope or perspective glass. These viewing devices used a series of reflecting mirrors to enhance the illusion of depth in the print, creating a veritable "view" for the onlooker.
Date	C1760
Artist	Basset
Image Size	250mm × 390mm
Condition	Small spot bottom right otherwise good condition.
Technique	Vue Optic, original hand coloured copper engraving.
Price:	$A 300
Stock no	DEC 1760 VOP 11

	CHINA 1760
Title	Vue Perspectve du pont et du Port de la Ville de Pekin, ville de la Chine
Description	During the C18th "vues d'optique" became extremely popular in England and Europe. They capitalised on a market eager for the latest novelty. They were specifically designed to create the illusion of perspective when viewed with a zograscope or perspective glass. These viewing devices used a series of reflecting mirrors to enhance the illusion of depth in the print, creating a veritable "view" for the onlooker.
Date	C1760
Artist	Daumont
Image Size	230mm × 380mm
Condition	Some overbleeding of colour over edge, good condition.
Technique	Vue Optic, original hand coloured copper engraving.
Price:	$A 450
Stock no	DEC 1760 VOP 13

	GENERAL
Title	Decoration de Theatre en vue d'Optique
Date	C1766
Artist	Wichnyther
Image Size	260mm × 420mm
Condition	Water stain top right, two creases, general toning.
Technique	Vue Optic, original hand coloured copper engraving.
Price:	$A 225
Stock no	DEC 1760 VOP 24

	GERMANY
Title	Vue perspective de la Ville de Dresde.
Date	C1750
Artist	J. Chereau
Image Size	285mm × 415mm
Technique	Vue Optic, original hand coloured copper engraving.
Price:	$A 450
Stock no	DEC 1760 VOP 25

	GERMANY
Title	Vue Perspective de l'Universite d'Augsbourg fonde par l'Eveque Julien.
Date	C1750
Artist	Basset
Image Size	285mm × 420mm
Condition	One vertical crease small waterstain top tower, two ink spots right side.
Technique	Vue Optic, original hand coloured copper engraving.
Price:	$A 225
Stock no	DEC 1760 VOP 23

	HOLLAND
Title	Vue perspective des Environs de Leyden en Hollande
Description	It is located on the Old Rhine, close to the cities of The Hague and Haarlem.
Date	C1760
Artist	Basset
Image Size	260mm × 400mm
Condition	In good condition.
Technique	Vue Optic, original hand coloured copper engraving.
Price:	$A 350
Stock no	DEC 1760 VOP 17

	ITALY 1760
Title	Vue du jardin Royal de Porticy aux Environs de Naples
Description	Now operated by the Botanic Gardens Naples.
Date	C1760
Artist	Artist unknown
Image Size	270mm × 420mm
Condition	Two faint vertical creases at centre.
Technique	Original hand coloured copper engraving.
Price:	$A 225
Stock no	DEC 1760 VOP 29

	ITALY 1760
Title	Vue d'un superbe Pallais de Rome.
Date	1760
Artist	Artist unknown
Engraver	Giovanni Piranesi after
Image Size	255mm × 370mm
Condition	In good condition.
Technique	Copper engraving with original hand colouring
Price:	$A 750
Stock no	DEC 1760 VOP 31A

	LONDON 1750
Title	An Inside Vien of the Rotundo in London Caff.
Date	C1750
Artist	Artist unknown
Image Size	240mm × 390mm
Condition	In good condition.
Technique	Vue Optic, original hand coloured copper engraving.
Price:	$A 350
Stock no	DEC 1760 VOP 08

	LONDON 1750
Title	L'Hotel du Lord Maire de Londre.
Date	C1750
Artist	Daumont
Image Size	260mm × 400mm
Condition	In good condition.
Technique	Vue Optic, original hand coloured copper engraving.
Price:	$A 450
Stock no	DEC 1760 VOP 09

	LONDON 1750
Title	Vista en Perspectiva del famoso puente de Westminster, y del Rio Tamisa...de Londres..
Description	Vue Optic. From Westminster Bridge.
Date	C1750
Artist	D.G.Huquier
Image Size	260mm × 400mm
Condition	In good condition.
Technique	Original hand coloured copper engraving.
Price:	$A 450
Stock no	DEC 1760 VOP 001

	LONDON 1750
Title	Vue de la Maison de Campagne de Mr. Smith's a Baltersea sur le bord de la Thamise.
Date	C1750
Artist	Beauvais
Image Size	255mm × 420mm
Condition	Water stain left edge of paper, image in good condition.
Technique	Vue Optic, original hand coloured copper engraving.
Price:	$A 300
Stock no	DEC 1760 VOP 010

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VUE OPTICS

FRANCE1760

Vue de L'Hotel de Ville de Marseille, et d'une Partie du Port.

FRANCE1760

Vue perspective de la Carriere de Nancy du cote du Midi.

1760UNKNOWN

Palatium Pamphilu et area Navona in Romea , 17 Vue D'Optique Representant, Le Palais de Pamphilius et la Place de Navone a Rome.

1760UNKNOWN

Ruines de l'ancienne Rome les restes du Temple de Minerve.

1760UNKNOWN

Vue du Palais du Viceroy et d'une partie de la Ville de Naples.

AMSTERDAM1760

L'Eglise du Ouest et la Boucherie, a Amsterdam

AUSTRIA1760

Vue des treillages du Jardin de S.E. le General Comle d'Althann en face.

BELGIUM1760

Vue Perspective de la Grotte des Peintres en Flandre

CHINA1760

Bal Chinois donne par l'empereur une fois tous les ans aux jours gras

CHINA1760

Vue Perspectve du pont et du Port de la Ville de Pekin, ville de la Chine

GENERAL

Decoration de Theatre en vue d'Optique

GERMANY

Vue perspective de la Ville de Dresde.

GERMANY

Vue Perspective de l'Universite d'Augsbourg fonde par l'Eveque Julien.

HOLLAND

Vue perspective des Environs de Leyden en Hollande

ITALY1760

Vue du jardin Royal de Porticy aux Environs de Naples

ITALY1760

Vue d'un superbe Pallais de Rome.

LONDON1750

An Inside Vien of the Rotundo in London Caff.

LONDON1750

L'Hotel du Lord Maire de Londre.

LONDON1750

Vista en Perspectiva del famoso puente de Westminster, y del Rio Tamisa...de Londres..

LONDON1750

Vue de la Maison de Campagne de Mr. Smith's a Baltersea sur le bord de la Thamise.

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