Vue perspective du Couvent Garden [graphic].

Description

Title: Vue perspective du Couvent Garden [graphic].
Alternative Title: Vue perspective du Covent Garden
Vue du Couvent Garden
Vue du Convent Garden
Contributor: Chereau, Jacques-Simon, -1807, publisher.
Published / Created: [1790s?]
Publication Place: A Paris
Publisher: Chez J. Chereau, rue St. Jacques au desses de la Fontaine St. Severin aux a Colonnes no. 257
Abstract: A perspective view, or vues d'optique, of the Covent Garden Market, looking towards Inigo Jones's St. Paul's Church, which is situated slightly to the right of center; in the foreground are shown vendors, carriages, pedestrians and other street life. The image is reversed for viewing through the lens of a Zograscope and designed to give the illusion of a deeper perspective, enhanced by the deep vanishing point and bright colour of the print
Description: Title etched below image; alternative title etched in reverse above image: Vue du Couvent Garden.
Date of publication from dealer's description.
"No. 92"--Upper right, above image.
Provenance: Bernard Quaritch; November 2017.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.7 x 32 cm, on sheet 43 x 51 cm
Language: French

Genre: Pictorial works
Vues d'optique
Etchings France Paris 1790
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
London.
Subject (Name): Covent Garden Market (Westminster, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Carriages & coaches
City & town life
Churches
Markets
Pedestrians
Street vendors
Cityscapes
Subjects: Covent Garden Market (Westminster, London, England) > Pictorial works
Carriages & coaches
City & town life
Churches > England > London
Markets
Pedestrians
Street vendors
Cityscapes
France > Paris > 1790

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