People:

Unknown, France, late 19th century (architect)
Charles Rohault de Fleury (draughtsman)
Geriche (architect)
Charles Rohault de Fleury (architect)
Unknown, France, second half of the 19th century (draughtsman)
L.L. Le Breton (landscape architect)
Unknown, France, late 19th century (draughtsman)
marquis de La Baume (client)
Unknown, France, second half of the 19th century (architect)

Title:

Drawings and prints for Château de Marcoussis, France

Date:

prints executed in 1863

Description:

- This group of drawings and prints for Château de Marcoussis (designed by Charles Rohault de Fleury in 1862-1863), and for later additions to the château by Rohault de Fleury and other architects, is composed mostly of design development and presentation drawings and transfer lithographs - mainly plans and elevations. Three wash drawings and 13 transfer lithographs, some coloured with wash, are for the château as constructed and are mostly dated June 1863 (drawings: DR1986:0380, DR1986:0382, DR1986:0383; transfer lithographs: DR1986:0387 - DR1986:0389, DR1986:0397 - DR1986:0407). Drawings for two unexecuted designs for the château are included: the first is dated 3 May 1862, and possibly 23 May 1862 (DR1986:0379, DR1986:0393, DR1986:394), and the second 15 May 1862 (DR1986:0395 and DR1986:0396). Three untitled drawings may also be designs for Château Marcoussis, although the inscription "1er projet" in conjunction with the later date of April 1863, suggests that they are perhaps for a different unidentified project (DR1986:0390 - DR1986:0392). A proposal for a tower addition by Rohault de Fleury is dated 1 April 1864 (DR1986:0381). This tower also appears on a plan of Château Marcoussis by an unknown hand (DR1986:0408). A land survey for part of the château's park is signed and stamped by the landscape architect, L.L. Le Breton, whose stamp also appears on a drainage plan for the château (DR1986:0409 and DR1986:0397 R). Also included are a proposal for a winter garden for Château Marcoussis designed by Geriche (DR1986:0384), an unattributed project for modifications to the winter garden (DR1986:0385), and plans for an unidentified house (DR1986:0412 and DR1986:0413). Folder DR1986:0386 and mounts DR1986:0410 and DR1986:0411 were acquired with this group. All three objects are inscribed with titles, and those on the mounts indicate the existence of two drawings that were not acquired with the group: "Marcoussis / Mr le Mis de la Baume" (DR1986:0410) and "Escalier au tourelle / (projet) / 1900" (DR1986:0411). The inscribed title which figures on the verso of mount DR1986:0410 indicates that it was at one time used as a folder: "Château de Marcoussis / projets d'agrandissement / et de constructions".

Form:
drawings
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
32 drawing(s) and print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawings
preliminary drawings
presentation drawings (proposals)
plumbing drawings

Technique and media:

Prints include transfer lithographs, some with wash, graphite, pen and ink and/or coloured pencil, on laid or wove paper

Dimensions:

sheet (smallest): 19,9 x 35,8 cm sheet (largest): 88 x 85,2 cm secondary support (smallest): 35,5 x 43 cm secondary support (largest): 50,2 x 65,4 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0379-0413

Drawing Type:

line drawings
mechanical drawings (tool-aided drawings)
finished drawings
freehand drawings
rendering
sketches

Method of Projection:

perspective drawings
pictorial drawings
scale drawings
plans (drawings)
landscaping plan
section
elevations (drawings)

Point of View:

general views
partial views
exterior views
eye-level views
interior views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- One inscribed wove paper folder (DR1986:0386) and two inscribed wove paper mounts (DR1986:0410 and DR1986:0411) were acquired with this group.

Inscription:

signed - on DR1986:0379, DR1986:0380, DR1986:0391, DR1986:0392, DR1986:0396, by the architect, in pen and brown ink or graphite, usually, l.r.: "Rohault de Fleury"; and on DR1986:0396: "R" dated - on many of the drawings, by unknown hands, in pen and brown or black ink or graphite, usually l.r.: with dates inscribed - on most of the drawings, by the draughtsman, in pen and black or red ink and/or graphite, in various locations: with titles inscribed - on some of the drawings, by the draughtsman, in pen and black ink or graphite, in various locations: with the client's name; and throughout: with dimensions and/or room functions dated and inscribed - on most of the prints, by the draughtsman, on the original, l.r.: with dates; and t.: with the title and client's name; and in some cases, throughout: with room functions and/or dimensions inscribed - on DR1986:0409, by the landscape architect, in pen and black ink, l.r.: "Propriété de Mr. La Marquis de la Baume / Plan / d'une partie du parc de Marcoussis / Pour Servir à l'intelligence [?] des travaux indiqués par les Feuilles de nivellements / des nos. 49 à 85 et Par les Profils nos. 916 à 945 - / -ci-joints - / Par L.L. Breton archte paysagiste / Paris; and l.c.: "Succursale d'Orléans a [sic] 3 Novembre 1866 / L.L. Le Breton" inscribed - on some of the prints, by an unknown hand, in pen and black or red ink and/or graphite, on the print, throughout: with dimensions, room functions and/or notes concerning the design of the house inscribed - on DR1986:0412, by an unknown hand, in graphite, u.l.: with titles of the paintings; and throughout: with numbers indicating the placement of the paintings inscribed - on DR1986:0384, by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, u.c.: "Monsieur Geriche Architecte" stamped - on DR1986:0397 R, DR1986:0398, and DR1986:0399, stamped, l.r.: "CH ROHAULT DE FLEURY / Architecte / 12 rue d'Aguesseau" stamped - on DR1986:0397 R, stamped, u.r.: "L.L. LE BRETON / INGENIEUR - PAYSAGISTE / à PARIS / ET QUAI NEUF 27. ORLEANS" stamped - on DR1986:0409, stamped, l.c.: "SUCCURSALE D'ORLEANS / L.L. LE BRETON / ARCHITECTE PAYSAGISTE / RUE DE COURCELLES PARIS"

Subject:

architecture
landscape architecture
interior design

Subject Descriptive Terms:

country house

Credit line:
Centre Canadien d'Architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal