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G.W DIORAMIC VIEWS NO. 4, ITALIAN BANDITS, hand coloured engraved view, contained in glazed bird's eye maple frame with gilt slip and enscribed, By raising this print against the light all the changes of light & darkness & obscurity of midnight a fire becomes kindled by which the Bandits appear warming themselves-the sun, beneath the horizon the moon supplies its place, the light from the distant Convent reflect with trembling motion on the surfece of the water, gratifying the spectator with one of the most perfect and pleasing illusions that can be imagined. The effect is best seen by candlelight, with label credited Greeves & Sons, Cheapside, & W. Morgan, Hatton Garden [London], SPOONER'S PROTEAN VIEW NO.16, hand coloured engraved view, contained in glazed bird's eye maple frame with gilt slip and enscribed, The London Mail obstructed by a snow drift, Changing to a scene in Autumn with a fox chase in the distance, credited W. Spooner, 577 Strand [London] (2)
G.W DIORAMIC VIEWS NO. 4, ITALIAN BANDITS, hand coloured engraved view, contained in glazed bird's eye maple frame with gilt slip and enscribed, By raising this print against the light all the changes of light & darkness & obscurity of midnight a fire becomes kindled by which the Bandits appear warming themselves-the sun, beneath the horizon the moon supplies its place, the light from the distant Convent reflect with trembling motion on the surfece of the water, gratifying the spectator with one of the most perfect and pleasing illusions that can be imagined. The effect is best seen by candlelight, with label credited Greeves & Sons, Cheapside, & W. Morgan, Hatton Garden [London], SPOONER'S PROTEAN VIEW NO.16, hand coloured engraved view, contained in glazed bird's eye maple frame with gilt slip and enscribed, The London Mail obstructed by a snow drift, Changing to a scene in Autumn with a fox chase in the distance, credited W. Spooner, 577 Strand [London] (2)