18th century vue d’optique of the Cape of Good Hope
Prospect des Vorgeburges der guten Hoffnung... Vue du premontoir de Bonne Esperance
Augsburg: Négoce Commune de l'Académie Imperiale d'Empire des Arts libereaux, c.1780. Original colour. 300 x 415mm.
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18th century vue d’optique of the Cape of Good Hope & RIEDEL, Gottlieb Friedrich.Stock #: 23736
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A view of Cape Town from the sea, with Table Mountain behind.
As a 'vuë-d'optique' (designed to be viewed through a zograscope, a device that used lenses and mirrors to give perspective), the image is reversed, as is the title above.
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Some staining.Related products
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