Detail for a proposed 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:

Detail for a proposed garden within the fortifications at Perpignan

Date:

ca. 1759

Description:

- Ce plan présente un agrandissement du bastion situé sur le côté gauche du dessin DR1979:0040. Il montre l'aménagement des parterres, terrasses, bassins et pavillons d'un jardin sur un bastion 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: 47.5 x 64.8 cm

Reference number:

DR1979:0041

Drawing Type:

rendering

Method of Projection:

plan oblique drawing
pictorial drawing
plan (drawing)

Inscription:

inscribed - by draughtsman? in pen and brown (iron gall?) ink, within an ornamental cartouche comprised of gardening tools, u.l.: "PLAN / du Jardin du Lt. Gl de la province / destine / pour le Jardin des Plantes / A Canaux et Bassins pleins d'eau / B Reservoir pour porter les eaux en haut / CC Pavillons a 2 etages pour demontrer l'hiver la / Botanique et pour serrer en bas les plantes / D Terrasse decouverte pour demontrer L'ete / E Muraille Elevee de 50 pieds pour L'abri des vents / de tramontane / FF Portes d'entree / N.a tout ce qui est marque en arbres est orangers / et grenadiers en pleine terre et les Bosquets / en Laurier rose et Rosier"

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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