"Pair Of 18th Century Exotic Marine Optical Views "
Decorative 18th century optical views representing, for one, the construction site of the port of Cartagena, for the other a shipwreck in Africa. The optical views are charming testimonies of a somewhat naive vision of the world at that time, always of complete realism, but rather like a subject of reverie on an elsewhere that one cannot know. These are engravings, enhanced with watercolor, and sometimes pierced to be lit from behind in order to create the illusion of volume in an optical machine. These are framed, in a discreet, but modern way