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The Obelisk in the Garden at Versailles

between 1740 and 1757

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unknown artist, The Obelisk in the Garden at Versailles, between 1740 and 1757, Etching and engraving hand-coloured in watercolor and gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1995.13.72.
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  • Creator

    Print made by unknown artist
    after Jacques Rigaud, 1681–1754
    Published by John Bowles, 1701–1779

  • Title

    The Obelisk in the Garden at Versailles

  • Additional Title(s)

    L'Obelisque dans les Jardins de Versailles

  • Date

    between 1740 and 1757

  • Materials & Techniques

    Etching and engraving hand-coloured in watercolor and gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper

  • Dimensions

    Sheet: 12 5/16 x 18 1/16 inches (31.2 x 45.9 cm), Plate: 9 9/16 x 17 13/16 inches (24.3 x 45.2 cm), Image: 9 3/16 x 17 1/2 inches (23.3 x 44.4 cm), Image: 8 7/16 x 17 1/2 inches (21.5 x 44.4 cm)

  • Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering

    Lettered lower left below image within platemarks: "Rigaud delin."; lettered lower left to lower center below image within platemarks: "L'Obelisque dans les Jardins de Versailles. | Cette gerbe s'éléve a 50 pieds de haut: elle est Composee de 230 jets d'eau. Le bassin est un quarre long Coupe aux 4 angles, borde et | exhause de 5 degres de Gazon. Une Cascade de 5 nappes a chaque Cote du quarre fournir d'eau le Canal, Qui regne tout au tour.~"; lettered lower center to lower right below image within platemarks: "The Obelisk in the Garden at Versailles. | This Fountain is composed of 230 spouts, & rises 50 feet high: The Basin is of an oblong Square with the Corners cut off: it has a Border of | Grass & Middle is raised by 5 Steps of the same: A Cascade with 5 Falls on each Side of the Basin, fills the Canal that runs round the whole."; lettered lower center within platemarks: "Printed for John Bowles at the Black House in Cornhill."

  • Credit Line

    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

  • Copyright Status

    Public Domain

  • Accession Number

    B1995.13.72

  • Classification

    Prints

  • Collection

    Prints and Drawings

  • Subject Terms

    axis, vanishing | carriages | carts | costume | foliage | fountain | garden | genre subject | Grand Tour | hedge | hexagon | landscape | landscaping | steps

  • Associated Places

    Europe | France | Versailles | Versailles, Parc de

  • Access

    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Link

    https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:4657

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