An arch at Murano, Venice (illustrated); Tombstones before a ruined tower; and The Isola Farnese, Rome

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Robert Henry Cheney (1801-1866)
An arch at Murano, Venice (illustrated); Tombstones before a ruined tower; and The Isola Farnese, Rome
the first inscribed and dated 'Arch at Murano Sept^r. 4.' (lower right, on the mount); the third inscribed 'Isola Farnese.' (lower right, on the mount)
pencil and watercolour with scratching out, three on two sheets, unframed
8¼ x 10 in. (21 x 25.5 cm.); and smaller (3)

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Lot Essay

Murano has for centuries been a place of mystery and fascination, famous for holding the obsessively guarded secrets to glassmaking. In 1291, the Venetian Republic ordered glassmakers to move their foundries to Murano, one of the islands in the Lagoon, because the glassworks represented a fire hazard to Venice. Murano operated a world famous industry of glassmaking which continues to this day.

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