Antique Print-PARIS-BRIDGE-SEINE-PONT MARIE-ROYAL-Daumont-ca. 1760

Handcoloured engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 50.8 x 33.5 cm. The image size is ca. 41.3 x 28 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 20 x 13.2 inch. The image size is ca. 16.3 x 11 inch.

Antique print, titled: ‘Prospectus Pontis vulgo dicti Marie et Pontis lignci vulgo dicti le Pont Rouge Parisiis’ – Optical view of the Pont Marie and Pont Rouge in Paris. (Pont Rouge is currently known as Pont Royal). This print originates from: Original antique print published by Daumont in Paris ca. 1760. This is an optical print, also called ‘vue optique’ or ‘vue d’optique’, which were made to be viewed through a Zograscope, or other devices of convex lens and mirrors, all of which produced an optical illusion of depth. Artists and Engravers: Made by ‘Daumont’ after an anonymous artist. Daumont was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Paris. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality establishments in Paris, Augsburg and London which produced optical viewing devices and special engravings to be viewed through them.

Condition: Very good, given age. Margins faintly soiled. Some creasing and a small nick in the top margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-PARIS-BRIDGE-SEINE-PONT MARIE-ROYAL-DAUMONT

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