Etching of Posi's design for the "seconda macchina" of 1769

People:

Giuseppe Vasi (etcher)
Paolo Posi (architect)
Giuseppe Palazzi (draughtsman)
Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies (patron)
Pope Clement XIV (dedicatee)
Lorenzo Colonna (patron)

Title:

Etching of Posi's design for the "seconda macchina" of 1769

Date:

printed 1769

Description:

- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is in the form of a central two-storey pavilion with a single storey shop front on either side. The construction is raised on a platform and backed by a stone wall.

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

sheet: 40.0 x 55.3 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0437:039

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawing

Point of View:

general view
exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The sheet has an old fold down the c. and has been trimmed within the plate mark.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by an unknown hand, in the plate below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "Disegno della Seconda Machina, che rappresenta un suntuoso Edifizio destinato a divertimenti publici. Incendiata per comado di Sua Eccellenza il Sig.r DON LORÈNZO COLONNA Gran Contestabile del Regno / di Napoli & &. come Ambasciatore straordinario di SUA MAESTÀ il RÈ delle due Sicilie & & &. la Sera de' i 29. Giugno 1769. Festa de 'i Gloriosi Santi Apostoli PIETRO, e PAOLO in occasione d'aver / presentata la Chinea alla Santità di Nostro Signore PAPA CLEMENTE XIV. / Giuseppe Palazzi disegnò"; l.l.: "Cavaliere Paolo Posi Architetto"; l.r.: "Giuseppe Vasi incise" dated - by an unknown hand, in pen and brown ink, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "1769" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "II" [written above the date inscription]

Subject:

temporary architecture

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

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