Plan for a garden within the fortifications at Perpignan

People:

Unknown, France, 18th century (draughtsman)
Unknown, France, 18th century (architect)
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (military engineer)
Augustin-Joseph de Mailly (client)
Raymond de Saint-Sauveur (client)

Title:

Plan for a garden within the fortifications at Perpignan

Date:

ca. 1759

Description:

- Ce plan présente l'aménagement des parterres, terrasses, bassins et pavillons d'un jardin sur deux bastions des remparts de la ville de Perpignan. Le "Jardin des Plantes" est situé sur cette partie des remparts qu'on appelle Ville Neuve, entre la rivière Têt et la rivière Basse.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

presentation drawing (proposal)

Technique and media:

Pen and black ink with watercolours over graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 46.2 x 64.2 cm

Reference number:

DR1979:0040

Drawing Type:

rendering

Method of Projection:

plan oblique drawing
pictorial drawing
plan (drawing)

Inscription:

inscribed - by draughtsman? in pen and brown (iron gall?) ink, u.c., with title; u.l., with a description of the different parts and components of the garden, keyed alphabetically to the bastion on the left side of the sheet and contained within a cartouche comprised of antique trophies; u.r., with a description of the different parts and components of the garden keyed alphabetically to the bastion on the right side of the sheet and contained within a cartouche comprised of modern trophies

Subject:

landscape architecture
engineering
military

Subject Descriptive Terms:

terraces
pavilions
basins
parterres

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

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