• Paolo Posi (architect)
• Giuseppe Pozzi (etcher)
• Giuseppe Palazzi (draughtsman)
• Lorenzo Colonna (patron)
• Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies (patron)
• Pope Clement XIII (dedicatee)

Etching of Posi's design for the "prima macchina" of 1758

printed 1758

- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is in the form of a low wall decorated with grottos and niches. The central recession contains a statue of a river god and is crowned by trophies, a fountain, and an obelisk.

• record drawing

Etching

plate mark: 37.7 x 52.3 cm sheet: 45.2 x 66.1 cm

DR1988:0437:027

• line drawing

• pictorial drawing

• general view
• exterior view

- The sheet has an old fold down the c.

inscribed and dated - by an unknown hand, in the plate below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "Prospetto della Prima Machina eretta per commando di Sua Eccellenza il Sig.r Principe DON LORÈNZO COLONNA Gran Contestabile del Regno di Napoli &. &., come Ambasciatore / straordinario di SUA MAESTÀ IL RÈ delle due Sicilie &. &. &., in occasione di presentare la solita Chinea alla Santità di Nostro Signore PAPA CLEMENTE XIII. il giorno 8. Settemb.re 1758 / Festa delle Natività della Gloriosa VERGINE MARIA."; l.l.: "Paolo Posi Architetto Giuseppe Palazzi disegn."; l.r.: "Giuseppe Pozzi incise" dated and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "1758-I" numbered - by a later hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "8"

• architecture temporaire