1906 Color Print Birket Foster Well Courtyard Doge Palace Venice Italy XAT7 XGCA7 ARC3A12C03

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1906 Color Print Birket Foster Well Courtyard Doge Palace Venice Italy XAT7 XGCA7 ARC3A12C03This is an original 1906 color print of the well in the courtyard of the Doge's Palace in Venice, Italy. The Doge was the chief magistrate and leader of Venice and was elected for life by the aristocracy of the city state. 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