Watermarks: multiple watermarks including; fleur-de-lis in shield; letters HIS between cross and heart with three swords in a circle, letters P and C flanking a heart below (cf. Heawood 2986; Paris 1743); various Auvergne watermarks, sometimes incorporating grapes or a date and the maker's name within a bounding wire line.
One of five volumes of "Plans des maisons royales", ca. 1747-ca. 1749. These volumes of architectural plans of the French royal palaces were made for Abel Franc̜ois Poisson, the future Marquis de Marigny, brother of Mme de Pompadour, as part of his preparation for the post of Director General of the Royal Buildings. The first two volumes are devoted to Paris (Acc. Nos. 1955.11-1955.12), the third to Fontainebleau (Acc. No. 1956.31), the fourth, Versailles (Acc. No. 1956.30), and the fifth to Marly (Acc. No. 1957.19)
Marigny, Abel François Poisson, Marquis de, 1727-1781, former owner.
Hughes, Henry, colonel, former owner.
Morgan, Jane Norton, 1868-1925, former owner.
Morgan, Henry S. (Henry Sturgis), 1900-1982, former owner.
Morgan, Junius Spencer, former owner.
Adams, Frederick B., Jr. Eighth Annual Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1958, p.p. 79-80.
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 146.
Denison, Cara D. French Drawings, 1550-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, no. 124.
Denison, Cara D. French Master Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1993, no. 47, repr. (title page)