Museum Objects Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Fine Art Collection |
Culture |
English |
Catalogue Number |
1977.939 |
Creator |
Lewis, John Frederick (1804-1876) |
Role |
Artist |
Title |
The Curiosity Shop in Venice |
Date |
1832-1840 |
Object Name |
Painting, Watercolour |
Description |
Watercolour painting on paper entitled 'The Curiosity Shop in Venice' by John Frederick Lewis (1804 London - 1876 Walton-on-Thames). Unsigned and undated The work shows a Venetian scene, probably painted between 1832 and 1840, of the outside of a shop on a terrace overlooking a canal. Highly coloured textiles on the left with antiquities in the background. Female figure and child sitting outside shop in the left foreground and two male figures, one wearing a monk's habit, on the right. |
Dimensions |
H-48.5 W-63.5 cm |
Material |
Wood/Paper/Watercolour Paint/Glass |
Medium |
Watercolour on paper |
Technique |
Watercolour painting |
People |
Lewis, John Frederick, 1804-1876, artist |
Search Terms |
Venice, Veneto, Italy |