Magic lantern slide circa 1900.Victorian/Edwardian.Social History. The Beauties of Venice,photographs created in 1888 Joseph John William ACWORTH F.I.C., F.C.S.J. The Beauties of Venice . Salute Church, which was built during the years 1631 and 1682 as a votive offering by the· Venetians after one of the plagues which cost Venice the lives of 40,000 of her citizens.With its magnificent domes crowned with statuary, its glittering white marble column, and its chaste and elegantly wrought ornamentation, it is one of the landmarks of the city. Its foundation is said to consist of more than a million piles. The interior is very beautiful, and contains many fine works of art, including a number by Titian and other painters. And now, hiring one of those sombre-looking gondolas, and pursuing our course up the Grand Canal, past grand old palaces, which, in the days of her greatness [B] were inhabited by princes who guided the destinies of nations, we at length reach the