A view of the canal, Chinese building, rotunde [sic], in Ranelagh Gardens, with masquarade [sic] Vüe du canal, du batiment chinois, de la rotunda, &c. des Jardins de Ranelagh, un jour de masquarade / [graphic] =

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Lewis Walpole Library > A view of the canal, Chinese building, rotunde [sic], in Ranelagh Gardens, with masquarade [sic] Vüe du canal, du batiment chinois, de la rotunda, &c. des Jardins de Ranelagh, un jour de masquarade / [graphic] =


33463591

Description

Title
A view of the canal, Chinese building, rotunde [sic], in Ranelagh Gardens, with masquarade [sic] Vüe du canal, du batiment chinois, de la rotunda, &c. des Jardins de Ranelagh, un jour de masquarade / [graphic] =
Alternative Title
View of the canal, Chinese building, rotunda, &c. in Ranelagh Gardens, with masquerade
Vüe du canal, du batiment chinois, de la rotunda, &c. des Jardins de Ranelagh, un jour de masquarade
Masquerade angloise
Contributor
Canaletto, 1697-1768, artist.
Published / Created
[approximately 1765]
Publication Place
France?
Publisher
publisher not identified
Abstract

A view of Ranelagh Gardens during a masquarade, with the revellers wearing masks. After a design by Canaletto. For an engraving of the same scene in reverse, published by Robert Sayer in 1752, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.2450

Description
Title etched below image.
Additional title "Masquerade angloise" at top of plate, etched as a mirror image.
Signed in lower right corner with an illegible printmaker's signature.
Date of publication from dealer's description.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides.
A 'vuë d'optique', designed to be viewed through an optical viewer that gives a sense of depth perspective; the scene is reversed, as is the additional title at top.
Manuscript number "9" written in ink at bottom of sheet, centered.
Mounted on board.
Windows of the rotunda in image cut out by hand and inset with hand-painted multi-color inserts, which appear illuminated when a light is held from behind.
Provenance
White Fox Rare Books; April 2022.
Extent
1 print : sheet 30 x 42 cm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English
French

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
765.00.00.94+

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Views
Vues d'optique
Etchings France 1765
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Material
etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Geographic)
England
London.
Subject (Name)
Ranelagh Gardens (London, England)
Subject (Topic)
Canals
Gardens
Rotundas
Masquerades
Subjects
Ranelagh Gardens (London, England)
Canals > England > London
Gardens > England > London
Rotundas > England > London
Masquerades > England > London
France > 1765
18th century

Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public

Identifiers

Catalog Record
99162215893408651
Object ID (OID)
33463591

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