Antique Views
Vue Perspective du Fauxbourg de Trienne, de la Tour D'or, et du pont de Guadalquivir a Seville, en Espagne
HUQUIER, Jacques-Gabriel (publisher) · Paris · Huquier fils · Mid-18th century
A vue d'optique of Seville with the Torre del Oro, the bridge over the Guadalquivir and the suburb of Triana, published by Huquier in Paris, in contemporary colour.
FM-0298
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Key Properties
Subject: Seville, Triana, the Torre del Oro and the bridge of boats over the Guadalquivir
Technique: Etching, contemporary hand colour
Size: 266 x 407 mm, with margins
Type: Vue d'optique
Condition
Good condition, a few small tears in the margins (according to the seller).
References & Bibliography
Blake, E. C., 'Zograscopes, Virtual Reality, and the Mapping of Polite Society in Eighteenth-Century England', in: Gitelman & Pingree (eds.), New Media, 1740-1915 (2003).
Füsslin, G. et al., Der Guckkasten: Einblick, Durchblick, Ausblick (1995).
Description
Seville from the river: the Torre del Oro on the right, the bridge across the Guadalquivir and the suburb of Triana beyond, with ships and boats on the water. From here the fleets sailed for the Americas when Seville held the monopoly of the Indies trade.
Jacques-Gabriel Huquier (1730-1805), known as Huquier fils, was one of the Paris publishers of vues d'optique, the brightly coloured perspective views made to be seen through an optical viewer or zograscope. The mirror or lens of the viewer gave the image depth and reversed it, which is why the title is also engraved back to front above the image. Views of the great cities of Europe and the world were a popular entertainment in the second half of the eighteenth century, and Huquier issued a long series from his shop in the rue Saint-Jacques, above the rue des Mathurins.
Historical Significance
An eighteenth-century view of Seville's river front, the departure point of the Spanish fleets to the New World.