On another cold night in December (which was the coldest December for London for the past 100+ years!), we went to the National Gallery. At the National Gallery we watched four musicians play string instruments. We collected the chocolate hamper that mom won, and then Dad and I went to the show on Canaletto (his name means 'little canal'), a painter of views of Venice, and his rival painters. Our favourite rival was Guardi. It was very fun, and we enjoyed ourselves by trying to guess which painting was by Canaletto and which was by Guardi (or another rival). Here are some examples:
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| Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal), The Molo from the Bacino di San Marco on Ascension Day, circa 1733–4. | | |
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| Canaletto, Venice: The Grand Canal with S. Simeone Piccolo, circa 1740 | | |
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| Francesco Guardi, The Doge's Palace and the Molo, circa 1770 |
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