1889 Wood Engraving Venice Italy Dogana Mare Customs Grand Canal Turner XAZ9 XGAA7 he used dark thin cardboard

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

This is an original 1908 black and white print ad for Woodbury's Hair Destroyer

The Texas Company

with Auctioneer Col

"Verre et Pipe" This is an original 1949 photolithograph of a 1917 abstract painting by Georges Braque

1889 Wood Engraving Venice Italy Dogana Mare Customs Grand Canal Turner XAZ9 XGAA7 he used dark thin cardboardThis 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