View in Venice, boat on a canal by a traghetto at Sotto Portico del Orso; foreground, water; middleground, a man mooring a sandola / gondola whilst holding onto a ring on the wall of a canalside building the latter with a small window, a drainpipe and an arched opening / landing stage where a girl stands waiting for the boat; background, houses and street through the passageway. Drawn in a rapid sketchy line. Considerable surface tone
