San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice

San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, watercolour on paper, 1994. Collection: Scene & Word. Photograph: Robert Greetham. Painted during a short visit to Venice, a 75th birthday present from the family. Jonah wondered: “How could human taste, ingenuity and sheer hard work achieve such a masterpiece [as Venice]? … the Venetians have such style, even swagger.”