Antique Print of Marseilles (c.1770)

Description: Antique print titled 'Vue du Port de Marceille prise de l'Hôtel de Ville dessiné du temps de la peste en 1720'. Optical print showing a waterfront scene in Marseilles, France in 1720 showing plague victims on the docks in the foreground. 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. Source unknown, to be determined.

Artists and Engravers: Anonymous.