1907 Print Venice Italy Bucintoro Boat Gandola Ascension Marriage Adriatic XGTB4 Holland (The Netherlands) This is an original 1927

This is an original 1927 black and white print ad for Vernay's line of Old English Furniture

Tieche of the Salle du Livre d'Or in the Luxembourg Palace in Paris

while turning the chore into a makeshift sleigh ride via tractor through the snowy terrain

This is an original 1912 black and white halftone print of the village of Braithwait

This is an original 1968 tipped-in color print of Georges Rouault's watercolor "His Honor the Mayor

1907 Print Venice Italy Bucintoro Boat Gandola Ascension Marriage Adriatic XGTB4 Holland (The Netherlands) This is an original 1927This is an original 1907 black and white halftone print of the traditional ceremony that occurred annually in Venice, Italy, where the Doge (ruler) would wed Venice to the Adriatic Sea in the hope that God would calm the sea's waters and the Venetians' troubled hearts. He performed this ceremony on the Ascension Day after mass in Saint Mark's Basilica. The Doge would ride the famous and elaborately decorated Bucintoro boat (pictured in the background)