Seville Exchange and Cathedral - Hand-Colored Optical View - c. 1770
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Original optical view, a copper engraving of about 1770 with hand coloring, showing the Casa Lonja of Seville, today the Archivo General de Indias, seen from the rear, with the cathedral and the Giralda closing the scene at the right amid a busy traffic of carriages and strollers.
Original optical view, a copper engraving of about 1770 with hand coloring, showing the Casa Lonja of Seville, today the Archivo General de Indias, seen from the rear, with the cathedral and the Giralda closing the scene at the right amid a busy traffic of carriages and strollers.
Optical views were engraved to be looked at inside a viewing box or zograscope, with an angled mirror and a lens that righted the image and deepened the perspective; hence the heading printed in reverse and the forced recession. Title at the foot: Vue Perspective du derriere de la Bourse de Seville, et d'une partie de l'Eglise Cathedrale, no. 118.
Medium: Original copper engraving on laid paper, with period hand coloring in watercolor.
Artist / after: French school.
Date: About 1770.
Source: Published in Paris by Lachaussée (rue St. Jacques) and Daumont (rue St. Martin), workshops active about 1770. No. 118.
Dimensions: Plate mark 10.6 x 15.9 in (27 x 40.5 cm).
Condition: Good condition, with the period color well preserved. Presented in a mat.
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Original optical view, a copper engraving of about 1770 with hand coloring, showing the Casa Lonja of Seville, today the Archivo General de Indias, seen from the rear, with the cathedral and the Giralda closing the scene at the right amid a busy traffic of carriages and strollers.