The Molo from the corner of the Libreria Vecchia looking east towards the Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice, Italy
Photograph
1860-1880
1860-1880
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Photograph of the Molo from the corner of the Libreria Vecchia looking east towards the Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice, Italy. Five of the lower arches on the eastern, seaward side of the Ducal Palace are bricked up. The photograph shows white paint marks and other blemishes supposedly in order to create a cloudy sky. This object forms part of a selection of photographs that have been collected, commissioned or acquired by John Wharlton Bunney throughout the 1870s until the 1880s.
Object details
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| Title | The Molo from the corner of the Libreria Vecchia looking east towards the Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice, Italy |
| Materials and techniques | Albumen print |
| Brief description | Photograph of the Molo from the corner of the Libreria Vecchia looking east towards the Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice, Italy. Five of the lower arches on the eastern, seaward side of the Ducal Palace are bricked up. The photograph shows white paint marks and other blemishes supposedly in order to create a cloudy sky. This object forms part of a selection of photographs that have been collected, commissioned or acquired by John Wharlton Bunney throughout the 1870s until the 1880s. |
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| Credit line | Given by S. E. Bunney |
| Object history | This photograph belongs to a group of photographs collected by John Wharlton Bunney (1828-1882) who was a painter of topographical and landscape scenes in the nineteenth century. Some of these photographs may have been used by him as a reference for his works. |
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| Accession number | E.89-2019 |
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| Record created | April 15, 2019 |
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