Elevation for the Colonne de juillet

People:

Jean Antoine Alavoine (architect)
Jean Antoine Alavoine (draughtsman)
France. Sovereign (1830-1848 : Louis-Philippe) (client)

Title:

Elevation for the Colonne de juillet

Date:

1831

Description:

- The pedestal of the memorial column depicted in this elevation is inscribed with the dates of that revolution of 1830 and the names of French citizens who died during that revolution. Banners inscribed with French placenames spiral up the fluted column, which is surmounted with an inscribed plinth, a globe, and a crown. The memorial column is set in a fountain.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

presentation drawing (proposal)

Technique and media:

Pen and black and grey ink with grey wash over graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 72.8 x 53.2 cm

Reference number:

DR1967:0011

Drawing Type:

finished drawing

Method of Projection:

elevation (drawing)

Point of View:

general view

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and black and grey ink, t.: "FRANCE / CHARTE DE 1830 / LOUIS PHILIPPE / ROI DES FRANCAIS."; u.c., c., l.c.: with place names; and l.c.: "27, 28, 29 JUILLET 1830" and with the names of the honoured dead inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and brown ink, b.: "Colonne de Juillet / projetée sur les constructions élevées à la place de la bastille pour une fontaine. / L'Ourcq la Marne et la Seine sont representées par trois figures." dated and signed - by the draughtsman, in pen and brown ink, l.r.: "A Paris le 8 Novembre 1831 / Alavoine"

Subject:

architecture

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

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