• Albert Petit (draughtsman)
• Ecole des beaux-arts (France) (educational institution)
• Albert Petit (architect)
• Charles Auguste Questel (teacher)

Student project for an aviary on a circular ground plan

1867

- These two sheets describe a project for an aviary in plan and section. The metal cage, which rises to form an open lattice sphere, is centred on a circular fountain and encased by a continuous series of short, radial walls made of stone. An entranceway is formed at each end of the two main axes, the principal entrance taking the form of a semi-detached vestibule with apsidal ends at left and right. The whole is set on a slight rise surrounded by steps, fountains, cascades, walkways, and, on the front, by a reflecting pool. The ornamental vocabulary, expressed in iron and stone, is a rich version of the Second Empire Style.

• student drawing

Graphite with grey, pink, and brown washes and black, gold, and red watercolour

sheet (upper): 32,6 x 47,3 cm sheet (lower): 36,3 x 26,5 cm sheet (overall): 66,3 x 47,3 cm

DR1978:0006

• rendering
• esquisse

• plan (drawing)
• sectional elevation

Two sheets joined in a T configuration, with a 2.5 cm overlap and an old fold on the lower sheet at the join.

inscribed - by a contemporary hand, in pen and black ink, c.l.: "22 / 12 Mars 1867 / J Aack [? signature]"; in graphite, c.l.: "5"; by a contemporary hand, in graphite, verso, u.r.: "Albert[?] Petit eleve [sic] de Mr Questel"

• architecture

• fountain
• walkways
• cascades
• reflecting pool
• aviary
• Second Empire