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1810 Probably French or English. - Elegant parlor Zograscope or optical mirror.
Elegant parlor Zograscope or optical mirror.
| Maker: | Probably French or English. | |
| Date: | France or England, c. 1790-1810 | |
| Colored: | Uncolored. | |
| Size: | 540 x 230 mm / 21.3 x 9.1 inches | |
| Condition: | With hinged mirror and lens and adjustable column. Made of oak wood the diameter of the foot is 230mm. | |
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Description
Zograscopes were popular during the Georgian era as parlor entertainments.
Pictures viewed in this way need to be left-right reversed, which is obvious in the case of titles. These pictures are called "vues perspectives" or "perspective views".
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. In the 18th century, a type of perspective print came into existence.
It is a matter of fact that the Rangakusha (Japanese practitioners of Dutch studies) had great interest in their application, as appears a.o. from a manuscript dated 1784 by Shiba Kokan in which he explains the operation. In Japan the zograscope was called "oranda megane".
To the right a Japanese print by Suzuki Harunobu from before 1770
Read more about optical prints.
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