A View of the Grand Walk in Vauxhall Gardens taken from the entrance

£120.00

AnonA View of the Grand Walk in Vauxhall Gardens taken from the entranceLondon , Robert Wilkinson ca. 1810EngravingOriginal hand colouring260 x 395 mmNeat marginal repairs affecting image

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Anon

A View of the Grand Walk in Vauxhall Gardens taken from the entrance

London , Robert Wilkinson ca. 1810

Engraving

Original hand colouring

260 x 395 mm

Neat marginal repairs affecting image

ÂŁ120

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