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The Pier with a Lamp


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The Pier with a Lamp

1761
18th century
412 x 551 mm (16.2 x 21.7 in.)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Etching on laid paper
State: Second of three states
Print impression quality: Fair, left side is weak
Series: from Carceri d’Invenzione di G. Battista Piranesi, Archit[etto] Vene[ziano]
Edition: First Paris edition, 1800–1809
Marks: Signed in plate, lower left: “Piranesi F”
Marks: Watermark: Hind #7 lower center
Bibliography: Focillon 38; Hind 15; Wilton-Ely 40 and p. 75 as: “Vast pier, supporting two arches, decorated with human heads holding rings.”
Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), before 1953
Accession Number: 1973.D1.38.15

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  • architecture - Art or science of designing and building structures, especially habitable structures, in accordance with principles determined by aesthetic and practical or material considerations. Refers also to the structures created. [November 1994 related term added. October 1990 alternate term added.]
  • lamps (lighting devices) - Lighting devices having a vessel to contain the source of illumination, such as grease or oil; also those that have a separate energy source to which they are connected, such as gas or electricity.
  • prisons - Use for places of confinement and correction run by state or federal authorities for those adults convicted to sentences over one year for serious crimes; developed since the late 18th century and generally characterized by cell and corridor plans with separation by offense and sex, and programs of rehabilitation provided as means toward prisoner reform. Use "jails" for places for offenders sentenced either for lesser crimes or for terms up to one year.

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  • plate Dimensions: 412 x 551 mm (16.2 x 21.7 in.)

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