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Optical view of a firework in front of Paris City Hall - Treaty of Paris 1763 (France)
XVIIIth century optical view in original watercolors. Original copper plate engraving on laid paper heightened with watercolor at that time. Published by Basset in Paris circa 1765

18th Century optical view in original watercolors of a firework in front of Paris City Hall - Treaty of Paris 1763 (France)
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176518th Century
  • Date : circa 1765
  • Century : 18th Century
  • Period : Louis XV
  • Technique : Strong water etching
  • Paper : Laid paper
  • Publisher : Basset
  • Place of publication : Paris
  • Passepartout : 50.0 x 65.0 cm
  • Sheet : 32.0 x 43.0 cm
  • Plate : 26.0 x 39.0 cm
  • Inventory N° : FR-03678
400€
(Frame not included)
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  • Passepartout included
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Original title

Vue d'un Feu d'Artifice tiré devant l'Hôtel de Ville en réjouissance de la Paix

Mentions

A Paris chez Basset rue S. Jacques à Ste Geneviève

Description

XVIIIth century optical view in original watercolors. Original copper plate engraving on laid paper heightened with watercolor at that time. Published by Basset in Paris circa 1765, depicting a view of a firework in front of Paris City Hall - Treaty of Paris 1763 (France) .

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 Musée Carnavalet (Paris, France) owns a copy of this optical view in its collections. For more details on this print please consult the site : Vue d'un feu d'artifice tiré devant l'hôtel de ville en réjouissance de la paix

Condition report

  • A restoration in the upper right angle
  • 3 Wormholes
  • A restored tear in the lower margin (3cm)

This strong water etching is listed in these categories :

Treaty of Paris 1763

The Treaty of Paris, signed on February 10, 1763, ended the Seven Years' War.

Louis XV renounces New France and recovers the West Indies.

The Optical View

The Galerie Napoléon is pleased to propose to you this strong water etching printed 259 years ago (around 1765).

As for all the antique prints in our catalogue, this optical view Vue d'un Feu d'Artifice tiré devant l'Hôtel de Ville en réjouissance de la Paix datant de 1765 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 (1765).

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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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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