Prisoners on a projecting platform, from Carceri d'Invenzione
Etching with engraving and open-bite or sulphur tinting, circa 1749, on laid paper, with watermark Fleur-de-lys in a single circle (Robison 5), a fine, early impression of Robison's first state (of six), from the First Edition, probably first or second issue, before the ink dabbing under the platform usually found on the third issue, printed with detail and selectively wiped plate tone, particularly in the shadowed areas of the figures and under the platform, with the central vertical fold, wide margins
Prisoners on a projecting platform, from Carceri d'Invenzione
Etching with engraving and open-bite or sulphur tinting, circa 1749, on laid paper, with watermark Fleur-de-lys in a single circle (Robison 5), a fine, early impression of Robison's first state (of six), from the First Edition, probably first or second issue, before the ink dabbing under the platform usually found on the third issue, printed with detail and selectively wiped plate tone, particularly in the shadowed areas of the figures and under the platform, with the central vertical fold, wide margins