A View of Amsterdam taken from ye Bridge over ye River Amstel..

T Bowles after B Vanharen

A View of Amsterdam taken from ye Bridge over ye River Amstel..

London , R Wilkinson ca 1780

Engraving

Original hand colouring

290 x 425 mm

Neat repaired tear at top

£240

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