The
The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and
Printed Ephemera
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur
Museum, Winterthur, DE 19735
302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883
OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
Creator: Albert Monneron
Title: Sketchbook.
Dates: ca. 1848-1863
Call No.: Doc.
1320
Acc. No.: 02x97
Quantity: 1
volume ([80] p. : ill. ; 13 x 20 cm.)
Location: 31
I 6
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT
Albert Monneron was a student
of architecture in
Constant-Dufeux was an
important figure in
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The sketchbook includes a variety of drawings,
including buildings, architectural ornament, a few human figures, and palace
and church floor plans; there are several photographs. Monneron signed just about every sketch he
did, and a stamp with Constant Dufeux’s name suggests that his master approved
his work. Monneron was not careful with
his punctuation when he jotted down notes in his book.
Some of the sketches were
traced out of books, and the tracing paper is glued into book. Some of the drawings are very precise and not
copied from books. Some of the drawings
look like the works of other students a generation before; they were used by
Monneron as study projects. Church
facades were customary student projects, which is why there are so many in the
book. The drawings are done in the style
of Constant-Dufeux..
M. Kleiss is represented in the book; he was a German
student. Other students represented in
the book are Narcisse Morin and Marchandier, both students of Dufeux at the
École. Both became provincial
architects. Marchandier returned to
ADDITIONAL NOTES ON CONTENT
Letarouilly—did a book on the
edifices of Rome that was studied by architecture students, including Monneron:
Paul Letarouilly, Edifices de Rome
Moderne, ou Recueil des Palais, Maisons, Eglises, Couvents...de la Ville de
Rome, Liege, de Avanzo & Cie., Volume I and II of folio of plates
combined, containing 231 plates of architectural plans, drawings and diagrams
of Roman architecture, plus two-page fold-out map of Rome
("Moderne").
Another drawing appears to be
from a book by Leon Feuchere:
Mention is made of Ruprich-Robert, student of C-D in
the 1850s: Ruprich-Robert, V.M.C. L'architecture normande aux XIe et XIIe
siècle en Normandie et en Angleterre. 2 volumes.
PROVENANCE
Purchased
from Charles B. Wood III, Inc.
ACCESS POINTS
People:
Constant-Dufeux, Simon Claude, 1801-1871.
Topics:
Architectural drawing - 19th century -
Architecture
- Sketch-books.
Architecture
- Details.
Church
architecture.
Public architecture.
Decoration
and ornament, Architectural.
Human
beings in art.
Sepulchral
monuments.
Black-and-white
photographs.
Sketchbooks.
Drawings.
Albums.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 31 I 6
CONTENTS:
Inside front cover:
Small trade label: Maison
Chapron, Chevalier Succr., Papetier-Relieur, 34 rue
Monneron has written in the
dates Oct. 63 and Oct. 64
Small print of an
ecclesiastical painting
Page 1:
Includes 5 round stamps
noting the Atelier C. Dufeux, École des Beaux Arts.
Owner has written in:
Monsieur Albert Monneron, Boulevard St. Sebastopol, RG, Paris, Rapporter contre
récompense [Return in exchange for a reward].
Glued in is a pass to visit
Napoli, Capodimonte [castle near
Page 2:
Blank
Page 3:
Tombeau à
Page 4:
Watercolor drawing labeled
Page 5:
Eight drawings, including
decorative columns, a small portrait of a woman, and floor plans with
inscriptions of various names and Chapelle sépulchrale
Page 6-7:
Double page illustration,
perhaps of a tomb with initials DOM [Deo Optimo Maximo]; second page drawing is
labeled M. Noel (Chapelle sépulchrale)
Page 8:
Three figures, one looking
like an ancient warrior carrying a weapon [three prong lance]
Red stamp of Constant Dufeux,
Rue d’Ulm, in addition to two blue ones.
Handwritten reference saying: timbre de l’atelier libre [stamp of the
free school]
Page 9:
Photograph of a two story
house with porches on the first and second floors and awnings. Another stamp saying Faculté des Sciences de
Paris, which was cut from another source and pasted in. Small drawing, perhaps traced?
Page 10:
Pencil drawing labeled
Galérie du Colysée (Galleries of the Coliseum,
Page 11:
Pencil caption at bottom:
Prix Rouge ??? (Mr Noguet). Pencil
drawing of a cemetery showing monuments.
Prix Rouge was a grand prize given in honor of M. Rougeron at École des
Beaux Arts for an elegant architectural drawing. In 1864, Noguet won the Grand Prize of Rome,
awarded by the school.
Page 12-13:
Statues and monuments. The name Bourgerel appears on both pages,
suggesting that Monneron was copying his work.
Bourgerel was a student at École des Beaux Arts before Monneron.
Page 14:
Pen drawing of ancient Roman
walls in the Etruscan style. In red ink:
fait A. Monneron [done by A. Monneron].
Beneath the drawing: Mr Duret, and a small vignette of what appears to
be a helmet or another kind of head covering [ecclesiastical?] with a palm
branch across it.
Page 15:
Drawing of a head of a lion
with the name Bourgerel penned in at the bottom. Small vignette of a man, very much looking
like a monk, with a walking stick.
Underneath: Letarouilly.
Page 16:
Six illustrations on one
sheet of paper of portions of columns labeled Temple de Telmissus [located in
the Bodrum peninsula,
Page 17:
Illustrations of an angel
with wings and of Egyptian figures, both signed Monneron.
Page 18:
Three illustrations: a
sepulchral monument with the words Mr Marchandier handwritten below, a small
figure leaning against a wall, and a faint depiction of a caryatid column
Page 19:
Two drawings, one of a large
tomb, the other of decorative elements of a roof, both with Mr Marchandier
written below them
Page 20:
Two pencil drawings: perhaps
an urn and what appears to be a signet or part of a coat of arms. Both have the words Mr Berguet [?]
handwritten below.
Page 21:
Penciled-in description of
drawing: Oratoire et puits dans le Gard [Private chapel and basin; in the
Department of Gard]. Mr Marchandier
written below.
Page 22:
Three small drawings
resembling parts of coats of arms. Two
have Mr Berguet written below them, one Mr Marchandier. Albert Monneron has
signed the page.
Page 23:
Three figures in one drawing,
two in another; ecclesiastical figure, woman and children, a guard carrying a
halberd speaking with a monk. The name
Letarouilly is at the bottom of the page.
Page 24:
Carry-over of human figures
from the previous page. Two Ionic
columns. Albert Monneron has signed the
page; the words Mr Marchandier are also on the page.
Page 25:
Ionic column. Mr Arnold de Graffennriech [?]
Page 26:
Two vignettes showing
decorative elements, one drawing of an urn, and one drawing of a coat of arms,
with Observatoire (Mr Marchandier) handwritten below. Page signed by Albert Monneron.
Page 27:
Five small drawings, three of
decorative elements and two of reclining human figures, one next to a
cornucopia. Page signed Monneron.
Page 28:
Drawing of two figures
dressed in robes [lawyers?] with the name Letarouilly penned in at the
bottom. Drawing of an entranceway
captioned Mr Petit Albert Maison [?] de Bains, A. Monneron. Pencil notation cut off on the right side:
Ante Tuscan Chartal?
Page 29:
Three drawings: an urn with
the name Mr Charrin penned in at the bottom; a monument; a woman draped in a
robe. Page signed Monneron.
Page 30:
Two drawings showing leafy
decorations. The name Mr Kleiss
handwritten below one of them. Albert
Monneron has signed the page.
Page 31:
Six small drawings labeled Bibliothèque
St. Geneviéve, including the profile of a wall, top and bottom, decorative
elements, a terra cotta gutter, and an ancient Roman boat. Mr Marchandier’s name appears at the bottom.
Page 32:
Façade of a tomb with tower.
Signed Albert Monneron.
Page 33:
Church or private house
façade. There is a cross at the apex of
the roof. In the style of
Constant-Dufeux.
Page 34:
Café Spectacle Ch. Duprez
signed by Albert Monneron. There was an
18th century architect named Duprez, and this could be a sketch from
one of his works. Or, Duprez may have
been the name of another architecture student.
Page 35:
Four sketches of
architectural ornament.
Page 36:
Sketch of a cemetery monument
alongside what appears to be a technical view of a ceiling and floor plan. Underneath drawing: Montparnasse, which is a
cemetery in
Page 37:
Several designs, including
the façade of a large house with bell tower and floor plans.
Signed
Page 38-39:
On the left is a floor plan
of a fancy house and on the right is a copy of the 1848 grand prize design by
Destouches. One of the sketches is
labeled: Bibliothèque Musée Destouches.
Page 40:
Floor plan called Chapelle
funéraire pour 31 personnes [funeral chapel for 31 people], signed in red ink
by A. Monneron. Statue of Baptiste
Cambrai, a 14th century figure with the inscription: Baptiste
Cambrai né à Cantaing près Cambrai au XIXe. Siècle. Déposé. Boujon.
Façade of a Parisian home typical of its kind, signed Marchandier; and the
Portique d’Octavie in
Page 42-43
Exterior views of two sketches of a large building, one signed Narcisse Morin, a student of and in the style of Constant-Dufeux.
Page 44
Architectural design, signed Albert Monneron
Page 45
Three sketches: the Conservatoire de Musique (Garnier) [Charles Garnier.], one vignette, and an architectural drawing
Page 46
Two sketches, one of a column and the other of a human figure with a shield in one hand and a scepter or scroll in the other; signed Albert Monneron.
Page 47
Sketch of the exterior of a large building, signed Narcisse Morin.
Page 48
Sketch of the Palais Farnèse; one photograph of a building with four cupolas
and several columns, a
Page 49
One sketch, Maison des 4 Fontaines, signed by Letarouily, and three vignettes.
Page 50
Sketch of a lion’s head and front paws seen in profile, signed Albert Monneron.
Page 51
Pen and pencil drawing of the exterior of a church and an unidentified edifice.
Page 52
Sketch of a monument [?] with the name Ruprich Robert at the bottom; taken from Cesare Da’s book. Da was a famous student of Constant-Dufeux’s in 1850. Penned in are the words Taille de PG on the left side of the sketch; signed by Albert Monneron.
Page 53
Four sketches, one depicting the Hospice de Gisons, south of
Page 54
Two designs, one of the archévêché à
Page 55
Sketch of a two-towered edifice.
Page 56
Two sketches: one depicts tombeau d’un doge (Venise), [tomb of a doge in
Page 57
Two small vignettes, each on a small piece of paper. On a separate larger piece of paper is a drawing showing the Chapelle du Séminaire de St. Sulpice and two floor plans, one for Église du St. Germain and the other for Tarnésina [?]
Page 58
View of the exterior of a house. Next to it is a warrior figure holding a spear, inscription, [illegible “mirror image”], signed Albert Monneron.
Page 59
Two sketches, one depicting a tower with the inscription of Tenebre imperial, the other a drawing with two inscriptions: Bains d’Ajet and Casin et Cajaranote [?]
Page 60
Drawings with the inscriptions ... de Grancy, École [school], Architec, maire [mayor], conseil [council] and Bourse [money market, stock exchange], signed Albert Monneron.
Page 61
Three drawings, one colored in red, one signed chapelle du college de Neofite—perhaps a school project, and an architectural sketch.
Page 62
Three small sketches and one photograph showing part of a château and a
monument in front of it; inscribed: campagne de Mr. Couvreuse [Couvreu] Vevey;
Vevey is located near
Page 63
Pencil drawing of the exterior of a house
Page 64
Pen drawing of the interior of a town house: Hôtel d’un rich particulier,
projet de l’École dessin 2eme Medaille pas de 1ier medaille [elegant town
house, Constant-Dufeux design, project of the
Page 65
Sketch of the exterior of a theater, text reading: Façade du petit Théatre par Richard Lenoir [?], and a print of the Château de Villersexel, drawn by Rauch and engraved by Schroeder.
Page 66, 67, 68
Three prints from the theatrical play: Le songe d’Athalie, text by Jean Racine, act II scene V, act I scene II, and act I scene II.
Page 69
Pencil drawing of a tomb or mausoleum
Page 70
Print of the statue of Vaucanson at
Page 71
Partial pencil drawing of an edifice showing two columns with the inscription of Consolatrix, a small oval print showing the faces of a man and a woman, and a small illustrative vignette.
Page 72
Color drawing with long red tables done by a student; interior view of a public building?
Page 73
Two prints, one of the Château de Boubiars, drawn by Rauch and engraved by Schroeder, and the other of a landscape with a castle, Liverdun, drawn by Rauch after Vautrin and engraved by Skelton, Jr.
Page 74
Two prints, one of the Château de St. Dizier, drawn by F.R. Pernot and engraved by Schroeder, and the other showing Château de Sully, drawn by Rauch and engraved by Ransonette
Page 75
Two prints, one of the Ancien Château de Paroi, and the other one Hôtel de Ville [town hall] de Gray.
Page 76
Three pen drawings done on a cloth, and one female figure in profile
Page 77
A print of the Château de Lunéville, drawn by Rauch and engraved by Skelton, Jr.
Page 78
Print of the town of
Page 79
Print of the Ancien Château de Grignan, drawn by Rauch and engraved by W. Le Petit.
Page 80
Print of a landscape of Ville Haute de Bar Le Duc, drawn by Rauch after Haudeville and engraved by Devilliens, and a small vignette.
Page 81
Print of a landscape: Chaumont, drawn by F.A. Pernot and engraved by Schroeder.