"Streets and Canals in Venice 95"

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

Plate 95 includes the following note in the book's annex: "LA GRAZIA. - The church seen in the engraving was dedicated to S. Maria delle Grazie and the Covent was occupied by Capucin nuns; both were demolished in 1810. They contained two fine momuments to the Valiers, sculptures by Bernini, and pictures by Palma, Zanchi, Longhi and Tintoretto. The island was afterwards used as a sight of a powder-magazine which was twice blown up in 1849."

Publisher: Ferd. Ongania - Venice

Printer: D. Appleton and Company - New York

Condition: Excellent.

Material: Heliogravure

Plate size is 13.5" x 9"