Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778)
The Man on the Rack, from 'Carceri d'Invenzione'
Etching with engraving, 1761, on heavy laid paper, with watermark Fleur-de-Lys in a circle surmounted by a Crown (Robison 20), a very good impression of Robison's fifth state (of six), the fourth issue, from the Second Edition (mid to late 1770s), or an early printing from the Third Edition (1778-1799), with the central vertical fold, with margins, 642 x 495mm (25 1/4 x 19 1/2in)(SH); together with 'The Drawbridge' (Robison 33), etching with engraving, 1749-60, on heavy wove paper, a posthumous impression of Robison's sixth and final state, Fifth (Firmin Didot, 1835-1839) to Sixth Edition (1839-c.1940), with the number 355 added to the upper left of the print, with margins, 620 x 482mm (24 3/8 x 19in)(SH)(unframed)(2)