A View of the Orange Tree Garden at Versailles

£180.00

After RigaudA View of the Orange Tree Garden at VersaillesLondon, Carrington Bowles ca. 1770EngravingOriginal hand colouring240 x 420 mm

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After Rigaud

A View of the Orange Tree Garden at Versailles

London, Carrington Bowles ca. 1770

Engraving

Original hand colouring

240 x 420 mm

ÂŁ180

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