The Prisons, Venice, with partial view of the Doge's Palace at left, the Ponte della Paglia at center, groups of figures on the Molo in the foreground, and gondolas and boats in the canal at right, from "Views" (Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal)

Title: The Prisons, Venice, with partial view of the Doge's Palace at left, the Ponte della Paglia at center, groups of figures on the Molo in the foreground, and gondolas and boats in the canal at right, from "Views" (Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal)

Series/Portfolio: Views (Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal)

Artist: Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (Italian, Venice 1697–1768 Venice)

Dedicatee: Joseph Smith (British, ca. 1674–1770)

Date: 1735–46

Medium: Etching; second state of three (Bromberg)

Dimensions: Plate: 5 11/16 × 8 5/16 in. (14.4 × 21.1 cm)
Sheet: 17 5/8 × 23 5/8 in. (44.7 × 60 cm)

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1918

Object Number: 18.65.1(18)