1889 Wood Engraving Venice Italy Dogana Mare Customs Grand Canal Turner XAZ9 XGAA7 with Auctioneer Col

with Auctioneer Col

and had the patience and skills necessary to manipulate the medium and furnish unusually sharp contrast within his pieces

he used dark thin cardboard as his painting surface rather than a white background

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1889 Wood Engraving Venice Italy Dogana Mare Customs Grand Canal Turner XAZ9 XGAA7 with Auctioneer ColThis is an original 1889 black and white wood engraving of the Dogana di Mare (Sea Customs Post) in the city of Venice, Italy (on the right side of the image). This was the place where arriving cargo ships would be inspected by customs officials. It is located at the entrance to the Grand Canal across for St. Mark's Square. The artwork in this print was originally created by Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775 1851) who was a Romantic landscape