Preparatory study for a panorama of Paris from the Seine
1802
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1802
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This is a drawing from around 1802. The artist used an old trick to get the scene right. He almost certainly used a camera obscura. The camera obscura projects the view onto paper so the artist can trace it. The drawing was a practice step. It helped plan a big circular painting of Paris. That painting was shown in London a year later. Look up Henry Aston Barker next.
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