The Smoking Fire, plate VI from the series "Invenzioni Capric di Carceri All'Acqua Forte Datte in Luce da Giovani Buzard in Roma Mercante al Corso (Fanciful images of Prisons, etchings published by Giovanni Buzard in Rome, conducting business on the Corso)"

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The Smoking Fire, plate VI from the series "Invenzioni Capric di Carceri All'Acqua Forte Datte in Luce da Giovani Buzard in Roma Mercante al Corso (Fanciful images of Prisons, etchings published by Giovanni Buzard in Rome, conducting business on the Corso)"
The Smoking Fire, plate VI from the series "Invenzioni Capric di Carceri All'Acqua Forte Datte in Luce da Giovani Buzard in Roma Mercante al Corso (Fanciful images of Prisons, etchings published by Giovanni Buzard in Rome, conducting business on the Corso)"
Artist/Maker (Italian, 1720 - 1778)
Date1750
MediumEtching, engraving, and sulphur tint or open bite
DimensionsComposition: 21 in. × 15 1/2 in. (53.3 × 39.4 cm) Plate: 21 3/8 × 15 3/4 in. (54.3 × 40 cm) Sheet: 31 1/2 × 22 1/2 in. (80 × 57.2 cm)
Credit LinePurchased with funds donated by William G. Roehrick, Class of 1934, H1971
Object number1993.2
Not on view

Additional Details

Provenance 1993: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by purchase from Childs Gallery, Boston, MA.
Published References Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, FRIENDS OF ART NEWSLETTER, vol. 1, no. 6, April 1994, "1993 Acquisitions"
Signature Signed "Piranesi F." in plate at lower left.
Inscribed "VI" in plate at upper right; "83.45.8.34 $3000" at lower right in pencil.
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