Vue d'optique (French), vue perspective or perspective view refers to a genre of etching popular during the second half of the 18th century and into the 19th.
Vues d'optique were specifically developed to provide the illusion of depth when viewed through a zograscope, also known as an "optical diagonal machine" or viewers with similar functions.
Optical viewers were generally popular with well-to-do European families in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Perspective views were produced in London, Paris, Augsburg and several other cities.
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