Designs for things that were never really meant to be. Well maybe a few happened. More fantasy (visionary) architecture by French draughtsman and architect Jean-Jacques Lequeu (1757-1826). Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.

Drawings and sketches, French 1 Minute
“Elévation géométrale du temple de la Terre .” Exterior and interior. Figures 72 and 72. 1794. Drawing. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France/Bnf Gallica. In the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b7703116q/f1.item
“Hôtel de Montholon. Elévation de la chambre à coucher. Côté des colonnes.” 1786. Drawing. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France/Bnf Gallica. In the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b531654782?rk=171674;4
“Dessin qui représente avec des figures, par quelle[s] teintes, et comment on doit laver les plans, élévations, et profils, des corps opaques.” Figures 32 and 34. 1779. Drawing. Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France/Bnf Gallica. In the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b53164036n?rk=193134;0

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On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.

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