"Canaletto in England: A Venetian Artist Abroad 1746-1755". Canaletto served his apprenticeship with his father and his brother.

Canaletto in England: A Venetian Artist Abroad, 1746-1755 Edited by Charles Beddington. I bought a copy of "Canaletto in England", sent from India. Canaletto's visit to England. At the Dulwich Picture Gallery. His first patron had been an Englishman, or rather an Irish-born Londoner, called Owen McSwiney, who had gone to Italy to place some distance between himself and his creditors.

McSwiney had good connections and, with all his faults, was a man of taste. 24 paintings eventually arrived in England; and within the Abbey Archives we have three bills to Joseph Smith, dated 1733, 1735 and 1736, and totalling just over £188 (about £16,000 today). Purchase at the Museum Shop. Canaletto often made meticulous preparatory drawings. He began in his father's occupation, that of a theatrical scene painter. Ian Dejardin, the Director of the Dulwich Picture Gallery, introduces Canaletto. Unfortunately, although it had been announced as being "as good as new", no statement could be more distant from truth. Published by the Yale Center for British Art and and the Dulwich Picture Gallery in association with Yale University Press . His English period is the subject of “Canaletto in England: A Venetian Artist Abroad, 1746-1755,” at the Yale Center for British Art, with almost 60 paintings and drawings. Canaletto's dealings with his British clients were mainly done through an agent, Joseph Smith (c.1674–1770), who moved to Venice in about 1700 to work as a banker and stayed for the rest of his life. He may have used a camera obscura for topographical accuracy in creating some of his designs, but he always remained concerned with satisfying compositional design, not simply slavishly recording views. Wih essays by Brian Allen and Francis Russell. It came without the paper cover, the cover was stained with humidity and dust, the pages were yellowish and full of finger marks; I guess I can even identify the previous owner by his fingerprints. Canaletto, Vedute alle prese da i luoghi altre ideate, Widmung an Konsul Smith, 31 Kupferstiche, Venedig um 1744: Die Kupferstichserie, die Skizzen von Canalettos Reise nach Padua in Form von Capricci verwerten, muss zwischen der Benennung des Konsuls 1744 und Canalettos Abreise nach England 1746 gedruckt worden sein. Canaletto was inspired by the Roman vedutista Giovanni Paolo Pannini, and started painting the daily life of the city and its people. 220 pages, 9 x 11 inches, 150 illustrations, cloth, ISBN 978-0-300-12500-9.