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Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Giovanni Bouchard

The Drawbridge, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

ca. 1749–50
Etching, engraving, scratching; first state of six (Robison)
54.9 × 40.9 cm (21.6 × 16.1 in)

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