Title
[Acqua Paola].
Creator
Fontana, Carlo, 1634-1714, artist.
Publication details
[April 25 1693]
Physical details
1 drawing : pencil, ink and watercolour ; sheet 42 x 110 cm
Description
Elevations of the sluice regulating the flow of water from the Arrone into Lake Bracciano and of the structure joining the new waterworks to the existing aqueduct above, with plan of the pipes, piers, river, canals, sluices and other additions to the old aqueduct around the lake depicted on a scroll flanked by key and explanatory text below.
Place
Bracciano Lake (Italy)
Additional information
Bound in one of the three volumes of architectural drawings by Carlo Fontana included in the Geographical Collections and acquired for George III by James Adam from the collection of Cardinal Albani (vol. 19 entitled 'Acqua Paola' in the Contini inventory of 1716). The hydraulic works around Lake Bracciano represented in this drawing were also discussed by Fontana in his 'Utilissimo trattato dell'acque correnti [...] con una esatta notizia di tutto quello, ch'e_ stato operato intorno alla conduttura dell' Acqua di Bracciano' (1696). The third volume of this treatise refers to Fontana's visit to the lake in April 1691, when he measured the amount of water flowing into it from River Arrone and studied the system used to regulate its levels. According to Braham and Hager, these drawings 'were probably intended as illustrations in a book which Fontana hoped to publish, Il Libro della Toscana antica, con la narrativa della Condottura dell'Acqua Trajana a Civita Vecchia"."
Shelfmark
Maps 7.Tab.46.10.