Study of two Venetian SenatorsBy Henry Wallis 1873 Accession number: 1918P1 Black and white chalk on grey paper. Width: 605 mm Height: 471 mm InformationThese two figures are similar to the two main figures in Wallis's Royal Academy exhibit of 1873, 'A Despatch from Trebizond', illustrating a scene from Shakespeare's 'Merchant of Venice' with two men seated on a marble bench in the Piazzetta near St Mark's. The painting was subsequently engraved. .
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