Item 2465Vue d'une partie du Bois de la Have
London: Wichnyther, 1766. 11" x 16" Antique hand colored engraving. Perspective views, or "optical views" were popular in the eighteenth century and when viewed through an optical device called a zograscope, they had an appearance of three-dimensional depth. If the zograscope had a lens only, the print had to be.....

