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in the centre group above the windows are of the Fourth Order (see below, ch. viii. § 33, and in the next volume, under “Sagredo,” in the Venetian Index). The detached window on the spectator’s right is engraved as Fig. 1 in Plate 13. The reader will observe the chequerwork; this is referred to in the next volume (ch. i. § 32). The drawing is in water-colour (8 x 5). It was probably made in 1851-1852, and is one of many of a similar kind-thus illustrating once more the detailed study and close observation on which Ruskin’s Venetian work was founded.

Plate G is another study of the sort. It shows the centre windows (Fourth and Fifth Orders) of the palace of the Falier family. The palace is situated on the Grand Canal in the parish of S. Vitale, almost opposite the Academia (not to be confused with the Casa Falier of Plate 15). This drawing, again, must have been made in 1849-1850 or 1851-1852; it represents the palace almost as it is to-day, but the first window (on the spectator’s left) and the last, which are shown built up in the drawing, are now open. The house has two wings which project on either side of the central windows; that on the left is now filled in with glass. The drawing, which is in lamp-black (5 x 8½), is in the possession of Mrs. Arthur Severn, at Herne Hill.

Plate H-“The Fig-tree Angle”-is from a drawing of a later date (1869). It illustrates in a very effective way Ruskin’s account of the constructive features of the Ducal Palace (see below, ch. viii. § 31, pp. 357-358). The drawing, which is in pencil and tint (19 x 19¼, is at Brantwood.

Plate I shows another angle of the palace-the Vine Angle-that at the south-east corner, where the palace turns upon the canal crossed by the Bridge of Sighs. The sculpture of the sons of Noah is engraved in Plate 19. This drawing, which is in colour (19½ x 13), is also at Brantwood.

The last Plate (J) shows an effect of moonlight on Venice, from the Lagoon, as described below (ch. viii., § 114, p. 415). The drawing is in colour (6½ x 9), and is in Mrs. Arthur Severn’s possession, at Herne Hill.

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