| Title: | Sculpture – Casting of equestrian statues |
| Original Title: | Sculpture – Fonte des statues équestres |
| Volume and Page: | Plates vol. 8 (1765) |
| Author: | Unknown |
| Translator: | Ann-Marie Thornton [Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey] |
| Original Version (ARTFL): | Link |
| Source: | Russell, Terence M. and Ann-Marie Ashworth. Architecture in the Encyclopédie of Diderot and D'Alembert : the letterpress articles and selected engravings. Scolar Press, 1993. Used with permission. |
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| Citation (MLA): | "Sculpture – Casting of equestrian statues." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2010. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.604>. Trans. of "Sculpture – Fonte des statues équestres," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 8 (plates). Paris, 1765. |
| Citation (Chicago): | "Sculpture – Casting of equestrian statues." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.604 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Sculpture – Fonte des statues équestres," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 8 (plates) (Paris, 1765). |
Plate I: Sculpture, Casting of Equestrian Statues, Foundry workshop and the operation of casting the bronze [equestrian] figure.
Plate II: Sculpture, Casting of Equestrian Statues, plan and sections of the smelting works: plan of the galleries and sections through the furnace where the bronze is melted down.
Plate III: Sculpture, Casting of Equestrian Statues.
Figure 1. Iron armature [skeletal framework of the equestrian statue] which has been made within the body of the horse, witht he stays and proping pillars for supporting the equestrian figure.
Plate III No 2: Sculpture, Casting of Equestrian Statues
Figure 2. The plaster mould, which is the mould of the plaster model of the equestrian figure: 1. hollowed cuts and notches. 2. Relief cuts or notches. 3. Foundation [or] first layer of the mould.
Figure 3. The plan of the first layer of the plaster mould: 1-27. Pieces of the mould in the order in which they have been made. 28. Stays of the iron armature.
Plate IV: Sculpture, Casting of Equestrian Statues, The equestrian wax figure with castings, the air holes, and the drains for the wax: 1. The castings [inlets]. 2. The air holes. 3. The drains for the wax. 4. The attachments.
Plate V: Sculpture, Casting of Equestrian Statues, Cut View of the Equestrian Figure Through the Middle of Its Length With the Core Filling the Space Enclosed by the Wax, Wax Drains, Mould Pipes, Air Funnels and Surrounded by Broken Brick. And Equestrian Figure Covered by the Mold, Wrapped in the Iron Grid
Figure 1. Longitudinal section of the equestrian figure through the centre, as it is [poistioned] in the pit, witht he core which fills the colume contained by the wax: [illustrating] the thickness of wax covered by the loam mould [a mixture of clay, fluff, and horse muck], in the thickness of which are the drained wax, the castings and the air holes; the said loam mould is surrounded by iron bands and brick-bats or pieces of brick which fill the entire pit to form the annealing of the loam mould and of the core: 1. Foundry pit. 2. Bottom of the pit, which the two rows of bricks one flat and other edgewise. 3, Galleries where the fire is lighted, firstly to withdraw the wax, the place of which will be taken by the bronze, and then to anneal the loam mould and the core. 4. Iron grate. 5. Brick arches placed on the grate which bear the brick-bats. 6. Walls of the pit and annealing walls. 7. Passage inserted between the annealing wall and the pit, for lighting the fire, withdrawing the wax, and observing whether it is annealed. 8. Armature irons contained in the core. 9. Core which fills the volume contained by the wax. 10. Layer of wax which has to be withdrawn by the heat of the fire, the place of which is to be taken by the bronze. 11. Loam mould which covers the wax, which contains within its thickness the wax drains, the castings and the air holes, and which is contained by the iron hoops. 12. Iron hoop layer. 13. Drains for the wax. 14. Castings. 15. Air holes. 16. Bricks arranged flatly and edgewise, and placed on the brick arcades to give greater liberty to the flame. 17. Brick-bats or pieces of brick thrown pell-mell into the pit in order to transmit the fire right to the top of the figure. 18. Clay area which covers the brick-bats in order to provide an outlet for the smoke. 19. Brick chimneys placed in the brick-bats to provide an outlet for the smoke. 20. Iron pipes raised above the castings and the air holes to provide an outlet for the wax smoke. 21. Brick wall, one foot thick, in an arch above the horse's rump, to diminish the space which contains the brick-bats. 22. Drain pipes to run off the wax as it melts into small wooden bowls outside the annealing walls. 23. Drain pipes whic pass through the annealing wall, the brick bats, and the loam wall, to enable one to observe whether the core is on fire or annealed. 24. Openings in the annealing wall facing the openings of the galleriees, to enable wood to be put there. 25. Brick walls for containing the armature irons which bear the equestrian figure, in order that they do not sag during the time of annealing. 26. Brick walls which are placed under the horse's belly and under the arm which is in the air in the diagram, the walls also being raised on the grate, so that they carry the whole work solidly.
Figure 2. The equestrian figure covered with the loam mould, itself supported with the iron hoop: 1. Iron grates under the four legs and uder the tail of the horse, to which grates the hoop irons are attached.