The Inside View of Westminster Abbey

Anon
The Inside View of Westminster Abbey
London 1753
Copper engraving
Original hand colouring
270 x 420 mm
£120
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