474065 Grand Canal, Venice, 1845 (pencil & w/c on wove paper) by Harding, James Duffield (1798-1863); 25.9x37.3 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; (add.info.: Harding was a precocious artistic talent, exhibiting his first work at the Royal Academy at the age of 13. This painting was undertaken whilst Harding was on a sketching trip with John Ruskin. Ruskin later wrote that he \'heartily admired in him [Hardin] the brilliance of easy skill, which secured...scenes I could never have attempted.\'; ); 穢 Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; English, out of copyright.