Title
[Plan of a tower].
Creator
Fontana, Carlo, 1634-1714, artist.
Publication details
[1694]
Physical details
1 drawing : ink, wash and graphite ; sheet 41.4 x 27.3 cm
Description
Project for an hexagonal tower in the Harbour at Civitavecchia, with plan showing details of the location of the tower and of the platform attached in relation to the pier; additions in pencil indicating the location of two circular staircases and scale below.
Place
Civitavecchia (Italy)
Additional information
Bound in one of the three volumes of drawings by Carlo Fontana formerly in the collection of Cardinal Albani, acquired by James Adam for George III in 1762 and later transferred to his Geographical Collections. The drawings are preceded by a blank page annotated: 'Drawn Sketches of Civita Vecchia, its ancient Buildings & Neighbouring Country by Fontana 1694'. Probably made in connection with 'the short unillustrated book [Fontana] published in 1710 on Porto d'Anzio, Antio e sue Antichita_" (see Braham, A., and Hager, H., Carlo Fontana: The Drawings at Windsor Castle, London, 1977, p. 132). See related drawings in same volume."
Shelfmark
118.e.14.