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Antique Print of Ranelagh Gardens, London, During a Ball / Bal Masque, 1770
No. f_29241722177046.7 × 31 cm
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Antique Print of Ranelagh Gardens, London, During a Ball / Bal Masque, 1770
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€540 · £460
Original print, not a reproduction
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- Date
- 1770
- Sheet size
- 12.2 × 18.4 in (31 × 46.7 cm)
- Condition
- Good. Given age. Some minor soft creases. A few minor spots. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study image carefully.
- Collection
- Gardens
- Era
- 1750 to 1799, The age of Linnaeus
- Stock no.
- f_29241722
Antique print titled 'Vue Perspective des Jardins de Renelagh a Londres, dans le tems du Bal'. Optical print showing a view of Ranelagh Gardens, London, during a Ball / Bal Masque. 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: Published by Daumont. 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: Good, given age. Some minor soft creases. A few minor spots. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study image carefully.
Date: c.1770
Overall Size: 46.7 x 31 cm.
Image Size: 38.4 x 25 cm.
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