An Inside view of the Rotondo in Ranelagh Gardens

Anon

An Inside view of the Rotondo in Ranelagh Gardens

London, Robert sayer ca. 1770

Engraving

Original hand colouring

170 x 275 mm

£120

These very brightly coloured ‘perspective views’ were printed for both decorative and educational use. They were  intended to be viewed through a device known alternatively as an ‘optical diagonal machine’ or ‘zograscope’, which produced a reversed and magnified image with a crude 3D effect