Optical view

Institution

Ajuntament de Girona

Object description:

Vue du Palais du Duke of Aveiro 1 Lisbon. Daumont. View for optic box. Hand-coloured engraving. The optical views did not only portray buildings and urban scenes, but also showed anonymous individuals and everyday citizens. For this reason we can also see in the transportation systems, trades and types of dress, that is, the everyday life of the place represented.

Object/Work type:

prints (visual works)

Location:

Gerona - Spain

Object measurements:

27 x 40,5 cm

Production

Daumont (engraver)

Place: France

Subject/theme:

prints, optics, visual arts

Resource

Rights Type: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ 

Date Taken: 1996

Record

Rights Type: CC0

Source: Ajuntament de Girona

Identifier: MC-MP02298