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St. Eustache, une des Isles d'Antilles / St. Eustache, eine der Antillischen Inseln (St. Eustache, one of the Antilles Islands)

Engraver Bergmüller German
ca. 1785
Not on view
A view of the British naval assualt on Saint Eustatius that took place February, 1781 during the American War of Independence. Such prints were known as Perspective Prints, or Vues d'optique in French, and Guckkastenbilder or Perspektivansichten in German. They were intended to be viewed through an optical device called a perspective glass or zograscope that contains a concave lens and a mirror that reversed the image and enhanced its three-dimensionality. Specially designed peepboxes were also created to contain them.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: St. Eustache, une des Isles d'Antilles / St. Eustache, eine der Antillischen Inseln (St. Eustache, one of the Antilles Islands)
  • Series/Portfolio: Collection des Prospects
  • Engraver: Bergmüller (German, active Augsburg 1780s)
  • Publisher: Academie Imperiale, Augsburg (German, founded 1755)
  • Date: ca. 1785
  • Medium: Hand-colored etching
  • Dimensions: Image: 9 5/8 × 15 3/4 in. (24.4 × 40 cm)
    Plate: 11 7/16 × 16 3/8 in. (29 × 41.6 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Henry J. Bernheim, 1958
  • Object Number: 58.646.23(10)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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