G O N D O L A S . . . by different artists

a Marjorie Taylor mosaic
       

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a William Russell Flint watercolor       see full size

     

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the gondola is a traditional Venetian rowing boat,  narrower than a canoe,  with a

gondolier to captain it ... this one has a small cabin called a 'felze'

       

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a Walter Molino illustration

       

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John Taylor Arms ... there were eight to ten thousand gondolas in Venice

during the 1600s & 1700s       see full size

       

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a Maurice Prendergast watercolor       see full size
Wikipedia:  "The banana-shaped modern gondola was developed only
in the 19th century by the boat-builder Tramontin ... The construction
of the gondola continued to evolve until the mid-20th century,  when
the city government prohibited any further modifications."   
Those above have day-awnings,  known as the 'tendalin'
      

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gondolas at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair       see full size

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gondola boarding at the 1893 Chicago Worlds Fair

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an Andre Castaigne illustration,  1893 Chicago World's Fair     see full size

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later in Chicago,  the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair also used gondolas

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1904 St Louis World's Fair
         

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Moebius,  1980

     

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        an A.M. Cassandre illustration of a gondolier shows that gondolas are paddled,  never poled

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a Dean Cornwell illustration       see full size
       

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Ernest Born,  1947?       see full size
       

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Willem Witsen,  1914?       see full size
       

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Mario de Maria,  1918

         

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a Walter Spradbery poster,  England       see full size
             

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a pedaling gondolier at the Franco-British Exhibition of 1908

       

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a Miroslav Sasek children's book illustration detail,  1960s

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a James Abbott McNeill Whistler painting

       

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1891       see full size

       

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Jim Woodring       see full size

       

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a Claude Monet color sketch

       

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"Buffalo Bill and the first American Indians that have visited Venice"  1893?
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a Bob Peak illustration       see full size

       

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a 1905 amusement ride

       

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an Édouard Manet painting       see full size

      

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a Vittorio Grassi poster