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Optical view of the Spanish–Portuguese battle in South America
XVIIIth century optical view in original watercolors. Original copper plate engraving on laid paper with watermark heightened with watercolor at that time. Published by Louis-Joseph Mondhare in Paris circa 1770

18th Century optical view in original watercolors of the Spanish–Portuguese battle in South America
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177018th Century
  • Date : circa 1770
  • Century : 18th Century
  • Period : Louis XV
  • Technique : Strong water etching
  • Paper : Laid paper
  • Publisher : Louis-Joseph Mondhare
  • Place of publication : Paris
  • Passepartout : 50.0 x 65.0 cm
  • Sheet : 32.0 x 42.0 cm
  • Plate : 24.0 x 38.0 cm
  • Inventory N° : FR-03582
500€
(Frame not included)
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  • Passepartout included
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Original title

Bataille gagnée par l'Armée Espagnol, aux ordres de Mr. le Comte d'Aranda sur les Portugais, et la prise de la Ville de Salvatierra le 16 7bre. 1762 - Batalla gañada pa Armada Española mandado por el conde d'Aranda sobre los Portugueses y la tomada de la ciudad de Salvatierra le 16 7bre. 1762.

Mentions

A Paris chez Mondhare rue S. Jacques a l'Hotel Saumur

Description

XVIIIth century optical view in original watercolors. Original copper plate engraving on laid paper with watermark heightened with watercolor at that time. Published by Louis-Joseph Mondhare in Paris circa 1770, depicting a view of the Spanish–Portuguese battle in South America.

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

Lack of paper in the lower margin

Spanish-Portuguese War

The siege of Almeida takes place from August 16 to 25, 1762 when a Spanish army under the orders of the Conde de Aranda besieges and takes the city of Almeida from the Portuguese in the framework of the hipano-Portuguese conflict of 1762-1763 and of the Spanish invasion of Portugal which followed, during the Seven Years 'War.

To the Paris Treaty of 1763, which sealed the Seven Years' War between the belligerents of Western Europe, Great Britain, France, Portugal and Spain, most of the status quo prior to the conflict between the two Iberian states is restored.

The Optical View

The Galerie Napoléon is pleased to propose to you this strong water etching printed 254 years ago (around 1770).

As for all the antique prints in our catalogue, this optical view Bataille gagnée par l'Armée Espagnol, aux ordres de Mr. le Comte d'Aranda sur les Portugais, et la prise de la Ville de Salvatierra le 16 7bre. 1762 - Batalla gañada pa Armada Española mandado por el conde d'Aranda sobre los Portugueses y la tomada de la ciudad de Salvatierra le 16 7bre. 1762. datant de 1770 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 (1770).

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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With more than 20 years experience and a catalogue of more than 40.000 antique prints, drawings and historical documents dating from the 14th to the 19th century, the Galerie Napoléon, parisian antique dealer's gallery, is one of the world references in the field of antique prints,etchings and antique graphic arts.

In addition to thousands of impassioned of antique prints throughout the world, the Galerie Napoléon is honoured to count among its customers : national archives, museums, historical monuments and important home designer companies. All attracted by the extraordinary diversity of its catalogue and the quality and speed of its services.

This experience allows us to guarantee to each one of our customers the authenticity of the antiques in our catalogue and the shipment of their orders within 24 hours.

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