A View of the Palace of Seaux from the top of Diana’s Walk
£160.00
J Tinney A View of the Palace of Seaux from the top of Diana’s WalkLondon, Robert Sayer, Fleet St. ca. 1770EngravingOriginal hand colouring220 x 455 mm
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9603
Category: Topography
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J Tinney
A View of the Palace of Seaux from the top of Diana’s Walk
London, Robert Sayer, Fleet St. ca. 1770
Engraving
Original hand colouring
220 x 455 mm
£160
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