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View of Venice by H. Donald Smith, water colour, 17".

Retrieved from prices4antiques.com, 25 March 2008.

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current	01:09, 25 March 2008	250×373 (21 KB)	Tyrenius (Talk \| contribs)	(''View of Venice'' by H. Donald Smith, water colour, 17". Retrieved from [http://www.prices4antiques.com/itemsummary/317946.htm prices4antiques.com], 25 March 2008. ==Fair use in H. Donald Smith== This low resolution image is used in [[)