Published by Artist: Hauer Augsburg; issued in: Augsburg; ca:, 1780
Technic: Copper print, colorit: original colored, condition: Mounted, size (in cm): 28 x 38 cm, View (Vues d'Optique) of the Pleissenburg in Leipzig. The Pleissenburg was built in the 13th century and demolished in 1897. Today the New Town Hall is located here.
Published by Artist: Hauer Augsburg; issued in: Augsburg; ca:, 1780
Technic: Copper print, colorit: original colored, condition: Upper margin cut, size (in cm): 28 x 39, View of the Arsenal of Stockholm in a ; view optique;, a zograscope, which 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.
Published by Artist: Hauer Augsburg; issued in: Augsburg; ca:, 1780
Technic: Copper print, colorit: original colored, condition: Upper margin cut, size (in cm): 28 x 38,5, View of the harbour of Stockholm in a ; view optique;, a zograscope, which 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.
Published by Artist: Hauer Augsburg; issued in: Augsburg; ca:, 1780
Technic: Copper print, colorit: original colored, condition: Perfect condition, size (in cm): 29 x 39,5, Stockholms Banco (also known as the Bank of Palmstruch or Palmstruch Bank) in Sweden was the first European bank to print banknotes. The bank was founded in 1657 by Johan Palmstruch and began printing banknotes in 1661. It was to be the precursor to Sveriges Riksbank, the central bank of Sweden.