Plan of the "Bastion des Capucins" at Perpignan

People:

Unknown, France, 18th century (draughtsman)
Unknown, France, 18th century (architect)
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (military engineer)

Title:

Plan of the "Bastion des Capucins" at Perpignan

Date:

ca. 1750

Description:

- Ce plan montre le jardin du bastion des Capucins à Perpignan. Il est situé sur cette partie des remparts qu'on appelle Ville Neuve, entre la rivière Têt et la rivière Basse. Son nom réfère au couvent des Capucins qui se trouvait à l'extérieur de l'enceinte, à l'ombre de la Ville Neuve, et qui fut démoli au commencement de la Révolution française.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

measured drawing
record drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and black and red ink with watercolours over graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 94.8 x 66.0 cm

Reference number:

DR1979:0038

Drawing Type:

rendering

Method of Projection:

plan oblique drawing
plan (drawing)

Inscription:

inscribed - by draughtsman? in pen and black ink, u.l. and u.r.: "PLAN DU JARDIN ET / BASTION DES CAPUCINS" inscribed - by later hand ?, in pen and brown ink, on verso, c.r.: "2 / Jardin et Bastion des Capucins"

Subject:

landscape architecture
engineering
military

Subject Descriptive Terms:

pavilion
basin

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

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