{"product_id":"embarkation-at-the-port-of-brest-pl-200-basset","title":"Embarkation at the Port of Brest, Pl. 200 — Basset","description":"\u003cp\u003eA lively hand-coloured optical print capturing an embarkation amid the ships and quaysides of Brest, France's great Atlantic naval port.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal title \u003cem\u003eVue perspective d'un Embarquement au Port de Brest\u003c\/em\u003e, plate N. 200; published by Basset, Paris, c. 1770.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVues d'optique were among the most popular printed entertainments of the eighteenth century, designed to be viewed through a \u003cem\u003ezograscope\u003c\/em\u003e that gave the image a vivid illusion of depth. Naval ports like Brest — the fortified Atlantic arsenal developed under Richelieu and Colbert — were favourite subjects, their crowded harbours and rigged warships offering exactly the receding perspective the optical viewer was built to exaggerate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand-coloured copperplate engraving; sheet approximately 33 × 48 cm; in very good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Nest","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51884983714078,"sku":null,"price":1200.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5660\/0862\/files\/Optique_Vue_-_029_thumb_2f12564e-185d-4759-a381-957cf60f712c.jpg?v=1779517278","url":"https:\/\/phoenixnest.com.au\/products\/embarkation-at-the-port-of-brest-pl-200-basset","provider":"Phoenix Nest","version":"1.0","type":"link"}