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