# River inspector's house [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LEDOUX, Claude-Nicolas]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Engraving, 470 x 287 mm ## Commentary After the outbreak of the revolution, Ledoux received scarcely any commissions, so he turned to writing. He developed an extended model of his ideal city, which acquired Utopian features in the visual translation of all important functions and didactic intentions. Water courses, for example, were to be diverted through the river inspector's house, which looked like a cylinder on its side. The present engraving illustrates a proposed river inspector's house for River Loue. ## Related artworks - [Bird's eye perspective]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Gate with grotto]() - [General view]() - [Grotto wall \(detail\)]() - [Hôtel de Thélusson, Paris]() - [Interior view]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()