Part of the principal canal, and the grand Church of St. Mark, at Venice / W.M. Craig del. ; engraved by J.B. Neagle. – Vintage Wall Art
![Part of the principal canal, and the grand Church of St. Mark, at Venice / W.M. Craig del. ; engraved by J.B. Neagle., [between 1830 and 1870] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8d/8d43c755cc3a-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This antique engraving of Part of the principal canal, and the grand Church of St. Mark, at Venice / W.M. Craig del. ; engraved by J.B. Neagle. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Part of the principal canal, and the grand Church of St. Mark, at Venice / W.M. Craig del. ; engraved by J.B. Neagle.
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Here the Basilica di San Marco rises above the water of Venice's principal canal, with boats working the channel in the foreground. W.M. Craig drew the view and J.B. Neagle engraved it, a common pairing for engraved city views that carried images of distant places to readers and print buyers in the early and mid-nineteenth century. With its domes and Byzantine-inspired facade, the basilica was already one of Europe's best-known churches, so the view presents it as a civic emblem as much as a place of worship. The canal boats are worth noticing, since they show the city's daily traffic moving past its most famous monument.
| Created / published | [between 1830 and 1870] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Engravings 1830-1870. |
| Subjects | Basilica di San Marco (Venice, Italy)--1830-1870. Churches--Italy--Venice--1830-1870. Canals--Italy--Venice--1830-1870. Canal boats--Italy--Venice--1830-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,642 × 3,737 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222312 |
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