"Streets and Canals in Venice 72"

Black and white plate from 'Streets and Canals in Venice and in the Islands of the Lagoons'.

Plate 72 includes the following note in the book's annex: "CAMPO S. MARGHERITA. - S. Margaret's Square. - The church of this name was erected under Doge Pietro Tradonico, between 837 and 853. It was rebuilt in 1647, and closed in 1810; it then became a timber store until, in 1875, it was purchased by an English lady, Mrs. Hammond. It was then thoroughly repaired and re-opened as an Italian Protestant Evangelical church, with an Industrial School attached to it. S. Margaret's Square is the most popular in Venice; on fine days it is greatly resorted to by the laundresses of the neighbourhood when their numerous lines, stretched almost entirely across it, transform it into an immense drying-ground for their snowy linen. S. Margaret's Coffee-house is the favourite resort of Venetian artists."

Publisher: Ferd. Ongania - Venice

Printer: D. Appleton and Company - New York

Condition: Good; please note light foxing on both left and right edges with a crease on the top left corner.

Material: Heliogravure

Plate size is 13.5" x 9"