1906 Color Print Grand Canal Venice Italy Birket Foster Sailboat Gondola XAT7 XGX2 The caption underneath the photogravure

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1906 Color Print Grand Canal Venice Italy Birket Foster Sailboat Gondola XAT7 XGX2 The caption underneath the photogravureThis is an original 1906 color print of the entrance to the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. The Grand Canal is the main thoroughfare through this magnificent and ancient city. The original artwork in this print was created by Myles Birket Foster (1825 1899). Foster was an English watercolor artist and illustrator. He was born in North Shields, England, to a Quaker family. Foster was apprenticed to a wood engraver named Ebenezer Landells in London and