View of Leuvehaven, Rotterdam

Salm is usually considered to be one of the last artists to practice the unusual and highly skilled technique of drawing with a reed pen on a specially prepared white ground. Almost all the surviving examples in this medium are seascapes and although ships are just visible in this picture it is essentially a townscape. It bears an uncanny resemblance to the later townscapes by Hull artists and it is likely that they were inspired by such work. The canal itself is lined both with houses and warehouses, as was to be mirrored in 18th century Hull.