Identity area
Reference code
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1589
Title
Venice
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- No date (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
2 illustrations mounted on 1 sheet: black and white; tinted; various sizes on 45.1 x 60.8 cm backing
Context area
Name of creator
(1803-1876)
Biographical history
English engraver, woodcutter.
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
One engraving and one reproduction of notable views at Venice, mounted on one sheet.
- 'St Mark's - The Bucentaur.'; 'From the picture in the Royal Collection'; 'A. Canaletti, Pinxt.'; 'J. B. Allen, Sculpt.'; 'London, Published for the proprietors'; engraving; 27.5 x 17 cm on 34 x 25.2 cm sheet. [Engraving after ' The Bucintoro at the Molo on Ascension Day', c. 1732 in the Royal collection (see J. G. Links, 'Canaletto' (Oxford: Phaidon, 1982), p. 75, figure 66]
- Reproduction of an unidentified version of Canaletto's 'Entrance into the Grand Canal, looking East'; tinted
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Conditions governing access
No access restrictions.
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Language of material
- English