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Optical view of Covent Garden in London (England)
XVIIIth century optical view in original watercolors. Original copper plate engraving heightened with watercolor at that time. Published by Jacques Chéreau in Paris circa 1790

18th Century optical view in original watercolors of Covent Garden in London (England)
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179018th Century
  • Date : circa 1790
  • Century : 18th Century
  • Period : Louis XVI
  • Technique : Strong water etching
  • Paper : Vellum paper
  • Publisher : Jacques Chéreau
  • Place of publication : Paris
  • Passepartout : 50.0 x 65.0 cm
  • Sheet : 26.0 x 43.0 cm
  • Plate : 21.0 x 40.0 cm
  • Inventory N° : FR-03253
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Original title

Vue Perspective du Couvent Garden

Mentions

A Paris chez J. Chereau rue St Jacques au dessus de la Fontaine St Severin aux 2 Colonnes n° 257

Description

XVIIIth century optical view in original watercolors. Original copper plate engraving heightened with watercolor at that time. Published by Jacques Chéreau in Paris circa 1790, depicting a view of Covent Garden in London (England).

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.

Museums & Archives

The Lewis Walpole Library (Yale University) owns a copy of this optical view in its collections. For more details on this print please consult the site : Vue perspective du couvent garden

Condition report

  • A restored tear on the right side (3cm)
  • A restored tear on the right side (1cm)
  • Fold mark

This strong water etching is listed in these categories :

Covent Garden

Covent Garden is a district in London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit-and-vegetable market in the central square and with the Royal Opera House, which itself may be referred to as

The Optical View

The Galerie Napoléon is pleased to propose to you this strong water etching printed 234 years ago (around 1790).

As for all the antique prints in our catalogue, this optical view Vue Perspective du Couvent Garden datant de 1790 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 (1790).

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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