The Drawbridge

Series TitleThe Prisons

Artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778)

Dateca. 1835-1839

MediumEtching, engraving, and scratching on paper

DimensionsPlate: 21 7/8 × 16 inches (55.56 × 40.64 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Paul J. Revitt

Object numberR93-2/1

Signed(Top left corner, plate): "VII" (Top left, 75 mm from top, 55 mm from left margins, plate): "355"

Edition/State/ProofPlate VII

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DescriptionInterior with railed stair, right to center, and landing with windless atop plinth, l.m., round column beyond with winding railed staircase circling it and rising to top where it supports crossing bridges. supported by two trestles: above it, partly opened drawbridge, two cables 1. and 2. cables, right, stretching beyond third bridge, supported by arches, and beyond partial stone arch, top right center. cap-roofed cylindrical tower above column with diagonal supports. cables extend from below arch, lower right.

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