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

Etching of Posi's design for the "prima macchina" of 1770

printed 1770

- This etching is for a fireworks construction or macchina in the form of a pavilion, with stands for musicians on either side. The lower level of the apparatus includes a picture gallery while the upper storey consists of one large and four small gazebos enclosed with paned glass. The central gazebo is surmounted by a globe depicting an unidentified continent.

• record drawing

Etching

plate mark: 41.0 x 56.6 cm sheet: 44.2 x 59.9 cm

DR1988:0437:040

• 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.: "Disegno della prima Machina incendiata per comando di Sua Eccellenza il Signor DON LORÈNZO COLONNA Gran Contestabile del Regno di Napoli &c. &c. come Ambasciatore straor= / dinario di SUA MAESTÀ IL RÈ delle due Sicilie &c. &c. &c. in congiuntura della presentazione della Chinea alla Santità di Nostro Signore PAPA CLEMENTE XIV. la Vigilia dè Gloriosi / Santi Apostoli PIETRO, e PAOLO l'anno MDCCLXX. / Giuseppe Palazzi delin."; l.l.: "Cavaliere Paolo Posi Architetto"; l.r.: "Cavaliere Giuseppe Vasi incise" dated - by an unknown hand, in pen and brown ink, on the print outside the plate mark: l.r.: "1770" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "I" [written above the date inscription] numbered - by an unknown hand, in pen and brown ink, on the print outside the plate mark, u.r.: "36" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, l.r.: "54"

• architecture temporaire