Places to dream of. Not sure whether these looked in real time but it doesn’t really matter. Charles De Wailly, architect, urbanist and furniture designer. One of the principals in the Neoclassical revival of the Antique.

Design for the Temple of Apollo in the Gardens of the Chateau d’Enghien, Belgium. Part of a larger plan developed by the Duke of Arenberg to redesign the palace and gardens. 1780. French. Pen and ink, partially over charcoal underdrawing, watercolor. Charles de Wailly, artist (1730-1798). Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/824777

Vue perspective du Panthéon. Inscribed Dédié aux Grands Hommes: On à cherché, dans ce Projet, à donner le Caractere et la Solidité que doit avoir ce Monument. La partie superieure qui
couronne cet Edifice peut etre considerée comme le Temple de immortalité orné des Statues des Grands Hommes. On peut
y arriver aussi bien par les Escaliers intérieurs que par ceux exterieurs pratiqués sur le Angles de la Piramide qui est terminee par la
Statue de l’Immortalité. 1797. French. Pen and ink, ink wash with traces of graphite on paper, mounted on board. Charles de Wailly, artist (1730-1798). Collections of the Canadian Centre for Architecture – Montréal. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Project_to_transform_the_Panth%C3%A9on,_by_Charles_de_Wailly,_1797.jpg and Scala Regia on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/C9kRjvVo0VO/?hl=en

Section through the Interior of Salon. 1771. French. Pen, ink and wash on paper. Charles de Wailly, artist (1730-1798). Image © Drawing Matter 2024. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://drawingmatter.org/charles-de-wailly/

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