Vauxhall Gardens, shewing the Grand Walk

Anon

Vauxhall Gardens, shewing the Grand Walk

London , J  Bowles 1751

Engraving

Original hand colouring

280 x 405 mm

Staining in the upper part

£150

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