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Daumont Hand-coloured Optical Print of Westminster Abbey
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Daumont Hand-coloured Optical Print of Westminster Abbey

18th century
Description

DAUMONT, A hand-coloured 'optical print of a perspective view of Westminster Abbey, London,

titled "Vue d'Optique Representant L'Abbaye de Westminster et de l'Eglise Ste. Marguerite à Londres"

Published Paris, 1760

During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality establishments in Paris, Augsburg and London which produced optical viewing devices and special engravings to be viewed through them. In the 18th century the optical print or 'vue d'optique' came into existence, whose exaggerated converging lines were intended to produce the optical illusion of deep recession. The viewing devices for which these perspective prints were produced consisted of a lens and a mirror, and required the use of reversed or mirror-image pictures.

Mounted in a 20th Century burr maple frame with gilt slip and terracotta coloured mount.

Size: 25cm x 38.5cm ( 42cm x 55cm including frame)

Condition: good overall, no tears to the paper, small amount of spotting. Unfortunately, due to the frames being sealed I'm not able to tell how close cut the margins are.

Physical Dimensions
Height
42cm (16.54")
Width
55cm (21.65")
Depth
5cm (1.97")
Declaration

Hand of Glory has dated this piece to the 1750s.

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SA337918
Description
DAUMONT, A hand-coloured 'optical print of a perspective view of Westminster Abbey, London,

titled "Vue d'Optique Representant L'Abbaye de Westminster et de l'Eglise Ste. Marguerite à Londres"

Published Paris, 1760

During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality establishments in Paris, Augsburg and London which produced optical viewing devices and special engravings to be viewed through them.

“
In the 18th century the optical print or 'vue d'optique' came into existence, whose exaggerated converging lines were intended to produce the optical illusion of deep recession.
Hand of Glory

The viewing devices for which these perspective prints were produced consisted of a lens and a mirror, and required the use of reversed or mirror-image pictures.

fig 1. Daumont Hand-Coloured Optical Print of Westminster Abbey
fig 1. Daumont Hand-coloured Optical Print of Westminster Abbey

Mounted in a 20th Century burr maple frame with gilt slip and terracotta coloured mount.

Size: 25cm x 38.5cm ( 42cm x 55cm including frame)

Condition: good overall, no tears to the paper, small amount of spotting. Unfortunately, due to the frames being sealed I'm not able to tell how close cut the margins are.

Height
42cm (16.54")
Width
55cm (21.65")
Depth
5cm (1.97")
Date of Manufacture

Hand of Glory has dated this piece to the 1750s.

Reference Numbers
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SA337918
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