HUGIJENOT ARTISTS DESIGNERS AND CRAYPSNEN IN GREAT ...

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will be published in a few days the price of the elevation being one shillin
the plan will be sixpence. The plan exhibits at one view the disposition
of all the severall parts of the fireworks as they were laid out.'
Ancther fascinating print is dedicated to'The Glory of the Rt. Honbie
Sr Robert Walpole' (who is represented as Hercules crushing a Hydra. It is
dated June 11th, 1730 and contains an explanatory inacrition in the form
of an address to Caleb d'Anvers. 'The Authors of this beautiful piece are
Messieurs Fa,get, Dumouchel, and Fourdrinier (three loyal Frenchmen) who
having observed with equal resentment and concern, the licentious manner
in which several restless scribblers have bespattered the great Man on
account of his close conjunction with France very generously their
Wits together and have defea 4 ed his Adversaries in so Masterly a Maimer
that I think they deserve the Thanks of every good Englishman, who hath
any regard for that illustrious family... I am glad to hear that it hath
already met with the Approbation and Encouragement of a very great Family,
and I hope shortly to see it displayed in the richest Colours upon Fans,
and wrought into Screens and Hangings for the use and ornament of the
Palace of
Fourdrinier and Gribelin were able craftsmen who supplied reliable
work, albeit of a plodding nature, which could arguably have been equally
well executed by native engravers. It was initiative and foresight that
was characteristic of Huguenot achievement that prompted John Rocque, who
also worked as an engraver, to embark on an elaborate project to produce
maps of the expanding English capital. Rocque described himself as
'Chorographer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales'(later George iii).
There were other French surveyors in London, who may have been of
Huguenot origin; the Sieur Bou.rguinion who surveyed Thorndon Hall, Essex
for Lord Petre in l733,24 and the Monsieur Chassereau, Architect at the
Golden Head, the upper end of Berwick Street, near Soho Square, who
advertised in the Gentleman's Magazine in 17k1,
'LAND Survey'd and MM'S of the same neatly drawn, designs for Building
made, and perspective views or Prospects of Gentlemen's Seats, or other
Buildings taken. Estimates calculated for Building, or Repairs. Artificers
work inspected and measured, levels taken; and all other Affairs relating
to Building, carefully managed.' Chassereau's surviving works include
a plan of 'St.James' park shewing the division of parishes between St.
Margaret's Westminster and St. Martin's-in-the-Fields', dated 17k1.
Rocque's earliest surviving work consists of surveys of gentlemen's
estates, and includes Wrest Park for the Duke of Kent in 1735, the Royal
Estates at Hampton Court and Kensington Palace in 1736, Wanstead for the
Earl of Tilney in 1737, and Claremont for the Duke of Newcastle in 1738.