This drawing has been supposed to reflect a connection with 'Juliet and her Nurse', shown at the R.A. in 1836 (repr. Rothenstein and Butlin, 1964, pl.102). A smaller drawing of the same view, without figures, is T.B. CCCLXIV-43, and a similar view by moonlight in bodycolour on brown paper is No.562. In palette and technique the present drawing closely resembles the Riva degli Schiavoni with a Fishing Boat' (No.556) which may be related to a sketch in the 'Rotterdam to Venice' sketchbook of 1840.