STEEL ENGRAVING - "EXTERIOR GALLERY OF THE DUCAL PALACE, VENICE" from the painting by David Roberts, engraved by E. Doo, published in 1865. This engraving is in excellent condition. The picture measures 4 7/8” x 7”, and is matted to 11" x 14" for easy framing.

   Roberts, originally a scene painter with Stanfield, rose, by pure force of genius, to the foremost rank in English art.  He died in 1854, aged sixty-eight years.

   The mastery of Roberts’ perspective was never more strikingly illustrated than in the present picture.  The magnificent corridors of the Ducal Palace of Venice, with the dancing waters of the Adriatic showing between the pillared spaces, make an effect artistically beautiful and perfect.

   The two figures introduced in the costume of Venetian Senators, aid the effect.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Antique prints, etchings, engravings, and lithographs are printing processes, which use steel, copper, stone or wood blocks or plates to produce a picture on paper.

Most antique prints and engravings, which are seen on the internet today, are bookplates. Because they are pages from a book, there are multiple copies in existence. This does not, however, mean that they are "reproductions" that have been printed recently.

Because they were, at some point, part of books, some have been preserved in excellent condition, while others show signs of age, as yellow spots or darkness on the edge of the page from being handled.

Engravings, lithographs, etc., are high quality pieces of art, as it took a highly trained artist many hours of work to produce one. Although there may be multiple copies still in existence, the date of the item should be stated, thus giving the buyer an idea of its age.

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