In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular specialty establishments in Paris, Augsburg and London which produced optical viewing devices and special engravings to be viewed through them. In the 18th century the optical print<\/i>\u00a0or\u00a0vue optique<\/i>\u00a0came into existence, whose exaggerated converging lines were intended to produce the optical illusion of deep recession. The viewing devices for which these perspective prints were produced consisted of a lens and a mirror, this requiring the use of reversed or mirror-image pictures.<\/p>\n
Rare optica print illustrating Lambeth Palace, the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, with a detailed view of London in the Background and the River Thames with many boats in the front. Engraved by Jean Benoit Winckler. The Acad\u00e9mie Imperiale was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Augsburg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Optica print of Lambeth Palace (London) In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular specialty establishments in Paris, Augsburg and London which produced optical viewing devices and special engravings to be viewed through them. In the 18th century the optical print\u00a0or\u00a0vue optique\u00a0came into existence, whose exaggerated converging lines were intended to produce the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2979,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_cat":[133],"product_tag":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n