Antique Print of the Palace of Versailles by Daumont (c.1770)

Description: Antique print titled 'Vue d'optique Le Château royal de Versailles côté avenue de Paris.' View of the Palace of Versailles, Paris. This is an optical print, also called 'vue optique' or 'vue d'optique', which were made to be viewed through a Zograscope, or other devices of convex lens and mirrors, all of which produced an optical illusion of depth. Published in Paris by Daumont c. 1770.

Artists and Engravers: Daumont was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Paris. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality establishments in Paris, Augsburg and London which produced optical viewing devices and special engravings to be viewed through them.