The little mast - Drawing. Public domain image.
Summary
At the farther end of a broad piazza, opening past a building on the right, stands a tall Venetian mast with halyards looped to the roof of one of a row of buildings at the left. Back of the mast, a balustrade bordering a canal leads to a bridge, beyond which the masts of a ship are seen. On the canal is a boat sail, and on the farther bank of the canal are buildings. In the foreground is a group of children. Two figures are seated by the wall of the building at the right. In front of the farthest building at the left is a group seated at a table, and there are other people about the piazza. There are light clouds in the sky. The butterfly, shaded, is on the upper part of the plate, near the right edge.
Courtesy of Boston Public Library