La Grande Galerie De Versailles

c.1865

14 x 22 in (36 x 56 cm)

ID #LBXS-HorizonalEuropeanLandscapes

Title - The Grand Gallery Of Versailles

French or English zograscope print c.1745 

zograscope is an optical device for enhancing the sense of depth perception from a flat picture. It consists of a large magnifying lens through which the picture is viewed. Some models have the lens mounted on a stand in front of an angled mirror. This allows someone to sit at a table and to look through the lens at the picture flat on the table. Pictures viewed in this way need to be left-right reversed; this is obvious in the case of writing. A print made for this purpose is called a vue d'optique or perspective view.  

linen backed and missing pieces at the borders

re. Wikipedia 

"vue d' optige" 100-250 architecture art backwards beautiful building ceiling central gallery decoration depth perception design France french hall hall of mirrors images inside interior decrated nude nudity original posters size-14x22 staues tarvel title traveling Versailles France vintage vintage posters walls window words