A View on the Thames

J Boydell

A View on the Thames (2)

London , J Boydell ca 1752

Engraving

Original hand colouring

240 x 405 mm

£180

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