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Drebbel's work was probably in the manner of things established a few years before by foreign engineers imported to design gardens and waterworks.  
Drebbel's work was probably in the manner of things established a few years before by foreign engineers imported to design gardens and waterworks.  
These were men such as Salomon de Caus and Constantine de Servi who were employed at the shortlived court of Henry, Prince of Wales, and de Caus' brother Isaac who, in the early 1620s, was working on a grotto beneath the Whitehall Banqueting House and at Woburn.
These were men such as Salomon de Caus and Constantine de Servi who were employed at the shortlived court of Henry, Prince of Wales, and de Caus' brother Isaac who, in the early 1620s, was working on a grotto beneath the Whitehall Banqueting House and at Woburn.
It raises the [[Dossier:Questions|'''question''']] about eventual contacts between Cornelis Drebbel and the De Caus brothers.
Did the meet in England or even before, in Heidelberg, which lays on Drebbel's possible route from Prague back to the UK.


    
    
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Revision as of 12:53, 30 April 2023

According to several account extracts in the years 1624 – 1627, Drebbel has been active with garden design and waterworks at New Hall. Drebbel's work was probably in the manner of things established a few years before by foreign engineers imported to design gardens and waterworks. These were men such as Salomon de Caus and Constantine de Servi who were employed at the shortlived court of Henry, Prince of Wales, and de Caus' brother Isaac who, in the early 1620s, was working on a grotto beneath the Whitehall Banqueting House and at Woburn.

It raises the question about eventual contacts between Cornelis Drebbel and the De Caus brothers. Did the meet in England or even before, in Heidelberg, which lays on Drebbel's possible route from Prague back to the UK.

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