A View of the Continent, from y\e Bottom of y\e great Canal at Venice | Vüe du Continent, du bas du Grand Canal a Venice
Prints and Maps
Canaletto (Painter)
Robert Sayer (Publisher)
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Etched, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted
1984.0035
Object Number1984.0035 |
Print (Line etching)
A View of the Continent, from y\e Bottom of y\e great Canal at Venice | Vüe du Continent, du bas du Grand Canal a Venice
Prints and Maps
Museum purchase
Canaletto (Painter)
10/18/1697-04/20/1768
Robert Sayer (Publisher)
1725-02//1794
Sayer became active as a printseller as early as the late 1740s. He built up his stock of copper plates by taking over others’ inventories, first Philip Overton, then James McArdell when he died in 1765. He worked in partnership with John Bennett from around 1774 to 1785, then operated alone again through 1793. When he died in February 1794, the firm (along with Sayer’s stock of plates) were taken over by another London print firm, Laurie & Whittle.
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Canaleti Pinx.
2. Inscription; Bottom center; London Printed for Rob.\t Sayer, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street.
Landscape
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Etched, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted
8.6 (H) , 13.72 (W) , 6.94 (Image H) , 10.49 (Image W)
21.9 (H) , 34.85 (W) , 6.94 (Image H) , 10.49 (Image W)
H at left. W at bottom. Plate H: 7.2 in. (18.2 cm). Plate W: 10.8 in. (27.5 cm). Chain interval: 2.7 cm; laid lines per cm not measured.
Sayer, Robert
Opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
none
Hand colored with transparent and opaque watercolors
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