Landscape view of Venice, general view taken from a position in the Grand Canal near the Dogana del Mare. The buildings in order from left to right are: the back of the Procuratie Vecchie, now Palazzo Reale, with the gardens & wall in front, & the bell tower of S. Mark behind, the Domes of the Basilica di S. Marco, the Zecca or Mint, the Biblioteca or Library, the Column of St. Theodoric & that of the Lion, the Palazzo Ducale, the Ponte di Paglia & the Prisons. Water in the foreground, the canal wall with stone balustrade on it, mooring posts in the canal, garden and buildings behind, gondolas on the right tied up against the quayside.
Venice, General View taken from a position in the Grand Canal
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Landscape view of Venice, general view taken from a position in the Grand Canal near the Dogana del Mare. The buildings in order from left to right are: the back of the Procuratie Vecchie, now Palazzo Reale, with the gardens & wall in front, & the bell tower of S. Mark behind, the Domes of the Basilica di S. Marco, the Zecca or Mint, the Biblioteca or Library, the Column of St. Theodoric & that of the Lion, the Palazzo Ducale, the Ponte di Paglia & the Prisons. Water in the foreground, the canal wall with stone balustrade on it, mooring posts in the canal, garden and buildings behind, gondolas on the right tied up against the quayside.
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Written in ink on verso paper label: 'Venice, General View taken from a position in the Grand Canal near the Dogana del Mare. The buildings in order from left to right are. Back of Procuratie Vecchie, now Palazzo Reale, with the gardens & wall in front, & the bell tower of S. Mark behind, the Domes of the Basilica di S. Marco, the Zecca or Mint, the Biblioteca or Library, the Column of St. Theodoric & that of the Lion, the Palazzo Ducale, the Ponte di Paglia & the Prisons . 12.22 - 12.32. P.M, 19 July 1841. By Alexander John Ellis. 'No. 2'. Written on paper strip above; '2 bis Venice'. Written on a paper label on the left and right side of the frame is 'V 2 bis'.
original pine, frame backboard, paper strips, central paper label
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Written in ink on verso paper label: 'Venice, General View taken from a position in the Grand Canal near the Dogana del Mare. The buildings in order from left to right are. Back of Procuratie Vecchie, now Palazzo Reale, with the gardens & wall in front, & the bell tower of S. Mark behind, the Domes of the Basilica di S. Marco, the Zecca or Mint, the Biblioteca or Library, the Column of St. Theodoric & that of the Lion, the Palazzo Ducale, the Ponte di Paglia & the Prisons . 12.22 - 12.32. P.M, 19 July 1841. By Alexander John Ellis. 'No. 2'. Written on paper strip above; '2 bis Venice'. Written on a paper label on the left and right side of the frame is 'V 2 bis'.
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