French Galley against an Algerine Ship - Hand-Colored Engraving, 18th C.
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Original 18th century hand-colored engraving showing the encounter of a French galley with an Algerine ship in the Mediterranean, amid gun smoke and boarding launches. Below, the engraved title in French and the number 175.
Original 18th century hand-colored engraving showing the encounter of a French galley with an Algerine ship in the Mediterranean, amid gun smoke and boarding launches. Below, the engraved title in French and the number 175.
It is an optical view (vue d'optique), a forced-perspective engraving made to be seen through a zograscope, published in Paris by Basset, rue Saint-Jacques. The original hand coloring keeps the reds and greens well.
Medium: Copper engraving, hand-colored, on laid paper
Date: 18th century
Source: Optical view no. 175, published in Paris by Basset, rue Saint-Jacques
Dimensions: 14.2 x 10.1 in (36 x 25.7 cm)
Condition: Fair. Creases and cockling of the paper, slight damp staining in the lower right margin and remains of old mounting on the upper edge of the verso
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Original 18th century hand-colored engraving showing the encounter of a French galley with an Algerine ship in the Mediterranean, amid gun smoke and boarding launches. Below, the engraved title in French and the number 175.