The canals of Venice are of varying width, and as they wind through
the city they offer picturesque nooks and corners that have from the
earliest times captivated the eye of the artist. F. Hopkinson Smith, a
long-time devotee of Venice, has painted several hundred pictures, and
at that has drawn but lightly on the possibilities of the subject.
Little canals in deep shadows, wider canals in sunlight, some straight,
some curved, and at various points picturesquely bridged, supply
effects in light and color that the eye greets with delight.