Basset Edinburgh Castle

Basset.
Vue du Château d'Édimbourg.
Paris, Basset, c.1770. 300 x 430mm. Original hand colour.
£255
A view looking up at Edinburgh Castle from the streets of the city. Vüe d'optiques were designed to be looked at through an optical viewer called a zograscope, which reversed the image. This accounts for the title engraved backwards above the image. BASS0001