A view of Ranelagh Gardens during a masquarade, with the revellers wearing masks. After a design by Canaletto. For an engraving of the same scene in reverse, published by Robert Sayer in 1752, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.2450
Alternative Title:
View of the canal, Chinese building, rotunda, &c. in Ranelagh Gardens, with masquerade, Vüe du canal, du batiment chinois, de la rotunda, &c. des Jardins de Ranelagh, un jour de masquarade, and Masquerade angloise
Description:
Title etched below image., Additional title "Masquerade angloise" at top of plate, etched as a mirror image., Signed in lower right corner with an illegible printmaker's signature., Date of publication from dealer's description., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., A 'vuë d'optique', designed to be viewed through an optical viewer that gives a sense of depth perspective; the scene is reversed, as is the additional title at top., Manuscript number "9" written in ink at bottom of sheet, centered., Mounted on board., and Windows of the rotunda in image cut out by hand and inset with hand-painted multi-color inserts, which appear illuminated when a light is held from behind.
Title from item. and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
chez Daumont rue St. Martin
Subject (Topic):
Pumping stations, Rivers, Bridges, and Carriages & coaches
Title in reverse at top., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., Sixteen lines of verse below image., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hôpital de la charité (Paris, France).
Subject (Topic):
Hospitals, Poor persons, Food, Monks, and Hospital wards
Title from item., In top margin, reversed title., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Title in reverse in top margin., Date supplied by curator., In lower margin: Med. Folo. No. 42; C.P.S.C.M., In margin upper right: 160., Caption given in Latin, French, Spanish, and German., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
George Balthasar Probst, excud. A.V.
Subject (Topic):
Soldiers' homes, Veterans' hospitals, Soldiers, Hospitals, and Buildings
Title below image., Date supplied by curator., In reverse at top: L'Hopital du St. Esprit à Rome, Date and place of publication supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
à Paris ches Huquier fils Graveur, rue St. Jacques, au dessus de celle des Mathurins, au Ga. St. Remy
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
Alternative Title:
Vue perspective du Covent Garden, Vue du Couvent Garden, and Vue du Convent Garden
Description:
Title etched below image; alternative title etched in reverse above image: Vue du Couvent Garden., Date of publication from dealer's description., and "No. 92"--Upper right, above image.
Publisher:
Chez J. Chereau, rue St. Jacques au desses de la Fontaine St. Severin aux a Colonnes no. 257
