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The sawhorse

The sawhorse
(1749-1760)
plate XII from the Invenzioni Capric di Carceri all Acqua Forte (Fanciful images of prisons) series (1749-60), 1st edition published by Giovanni Bouchard, Rome

Medium
etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite and scratching

Measurements
41.5 × 55.3 cm (plate) 53.0 × 75.1 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1921

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Robison 38 ii/vi

Edition
1st, 2nd or 3rd issue

Inscription
inscribed in plate l.l.: Piranesi f.

Accession Number
1136.10-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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