Somerset Royal Palace View - Original Etching 18° Century 18th Century

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Somerset Royal Palace View is an original print realized by Anonymous artist at the end of XVIII century (about 1760). … Read more Somerset Royal Palace View is an original print realized by Anonymous artist at the end of XVIII century (about 1760). Titled below ''Vue du Palais Royal Somerset du côté de la Tamise'' with the imprint ''a Paris chez Daumont rue St Martin''. Mixed colored engraving hand colored. Good conditions except for some stains, folds on paper and the signs of clipping along the margins. Include passepartout: 41.6 x 52.5 cm. This kind of artwork is known as optical views, a particular kind of prints, which, if viewed through a specific device called zograscope or ''optical box'', give the illusion of relief and accented perspective. They were created and mainly diffused in the second half of the 18th century. The artwork was print by Daumont, a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Paris. 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. They are usually etched and invariably designed to be seen through a viewing machine, with consequent reversals of text and image. They often show monumental buildings (palaces, churches or town halls) or characteristic parts of towns. More rarely they show portraits, depict moralistic or biblical themes, or historical events. This artwork represents a romantic view of Somerset House, a large Neoclassical building situated on the south side of the Strand in central London, overlooking the River Thames, just east of Waterloo Bridge. Along the tree-lined avenues groups of noble men and ladies walk and talk. This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any artwork in Italy created over 70 years ago by an artist who has died requires a licence for export regardless of the work’s market price. The shipping may require additional handling days to require the licence according to the final destination of the artwork. See less