French technical drawings
- Made:
- 1701-1800
[French technical drawings, some annotated, of bridge construction, [17--]. 13 sheets, ink or ink and colour wash. Some drawings are ms. annotated. They detail arch construction, drawbridges, piles etc. One shows a pile-driving hammer in action. Bierne and Dunkirk are named. One drawing bears the name Clairac (possibly Louis Andre de La Mamaye Clairac, 1690-1752)]
Details
- Category:
- Archive
- Object Number:
- 1992-520
- type:
- technical drawings
- credit:
- Sotheby Parke Bernet and Co
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