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Optical view of the St Cuthbert's Church in Edinburgh (Scotland)
Early XIXth century optical view in original watercolors. Original copper plate engraving heightened with watercolor at that time. Published by Basset in Paris circa 1830

19th Century optical view in original watercolors of the St Cuthbert's Church in Edinburgh (Scotland)
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183019th Century
  • Date : circa 1830
  • Century : 19th Century
  • Period : Louis-Philippe Ier
  • Technique : Strong water etching
  • Paper : Vellum paper
  • Publisher : Basset
  • Place of publication : Paris
  • Passepartout : 50.0 x 65.0 cm
  • Sheet : 36.0 x 50.0 cm
  • Plate : 28.0 x 40.0 cm
  • Inventory N° : FR-03029
400€
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Original title

VUE DE LA CHAPELLE St. JEAN ET DE L'EGLISE St. CUTHBERT A EDIMBOURG

Mentions

A Paris chez BASSET Rue St Jacques N° 64

Description

Early XIXth century optical view in original watercolors. Original copper plate engraving heightened with watercolor at that time. Published by Basset in Paris circa 1830, depicting a view of the St Cuthbert's Church in Edinburgh (Scotland).

During the 18th Century, several renowned establishments in Paris, London (England), Augsburg (Germany) and Bassano (Italy) were specialized in the creation of these optical views. They could be viewed alone or through a zograscope, a wooden foot surmounted by a lens which enlarged the image and accentuated the perspective effect. They could also be placed in optical boxes, the spectator then looked inside the box through the lens. This distraction was greatly appreciated in the 18th Century in the salons of the bourgeoisie and the nobility as in the countryside thanks to the hawkers.

These etchings are nowadays exhibited in museums around the world and extremely appreciated by collectors and decorators for their historical interest and their high decorative value.

Condition report

  • A restored tear in the left margin (2cm)
  • A restored tear in the right margin (2cm)

This strong water etching is listed in these categories :

St Cuthbert's Church in Edinburgh

A chapel dedicated to St Cuthbert is first mentioned in the 8th century. It is believed a church has definitely stood on the same site as currently used since 850 AD, making it Edinburgh's oldest building in terms of foundation. A mediaeval St. Cuthbert's church is mentioned in 1127. Early maps showing the church usually refer to it simply as West Church.

The parish boundaries of the church were somewhat eccentric, encompassing outlying villages such as Stockbridge and Canongate but oddly also taking in Edinburgh Castle.

In 1754 a Chapel of Ease was proposed for the South side of the parish, and approved by the Kirk Session. This chapel was opened in 1756 and accommodated 1200 people, having cost £640 and 10 shillings to construct.

By 1772 St. Cuthbert's kirk was structurally dangerous, and in 1773–1775 the architect-builder James Weir, of Tollcross, built a preaching box with two tiers of galleries reached by stairs in the pedimented western projection.

Between 1787 and 1790 the ground to the north of the church was drained for an extension of the burial ground, and in 1789–1790 Alexander Stevens built the spire which he probably designed himself.

The Optical View

The Galerie Napoléon is pleased to propose to you this strong water etching printed 194 years ago (around 1830).

As for all the antique prints in our catalogue, this optical view VUE DE LA CHAPELLE St. JEAN ET DE L'EGLISE St. CUTHBERT A EDIMBOURG datant de 1830 is dispatched worldwide within 24H in a Secured packaging, accompanied by its certificate of authenticity guaranteeing the name of the artists (draughtsman, engraver, editor), the impression process used (Strong water) and its date (1830).

In order to guarantee a perfect conservation in time, this strong water etching is dispatched, ready to be framed, under museum quality color passepartout (manufactured without acid in the pulp for a neutral pH) on a cream mountboard made from carton bois (also acid free & neutral pH), in a luxurious portfolio.

History of the Optical views

At the apogee of the mode for optical views, between 1750 and 1790, four European cities specialized in their edition: Paris (France), London (England), Augsburg (Germany) and Bassano (Italy).

Optical views are prized in very different social circles : pleasant recreation in aristocratic salons, the views are admired in beautiful and richly decorated optical boxes which are real works of art. The show was transformed into a real scientific experiment. But the optical views also entertained the people who were in a hurry when a hawker set up a box on a market and began to narrate the extraordinary events that had taken place in a more or less distant and inaccessible country.

There are three categories in the production of optical views.

  • Topographic views: Cities, Monuments, Ports, Distant regions, reproduced with more or less accuracy, depending on the documents available to the engraver. It is obvious that the authors of these prints had not seen these territories. They therefore recomposed these landscapes by compiling various engravings and drawings, which explains many fantasies.
  • The historical scenes : Inaugurations, Coronations, Battles, Fires or Natural disasters form a subject that the people are fond of.
  • Views with a religious or moralizing theme. For educational value, these prints were mainly produced by Parisian publishers in the rue Saint-Jacques.

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