Additional Makers
Print maker - William Daniell
Description
Bird's eye view of the commercial docks at Rotherhithe, with distant view of the City of London. 1803. Soft-ground etching and aquatint, hand coloured.
Inscription
Lettered below image with title followed by "This undertaking has a just claim to preeminence enbracing as it does what was formerly called Greenland Dock being the first Wet Dock that was constructed in the River Thames now more than a Century back. These Docks are intended chiefly to receive the Shipping employed in the Trade from America and the North of Europe to land and stow their Cargoes consisting of Timber, Wood, Goods, Hemp, Corn, Iron, Tar &c. &c. &c. and to extend the Bonding System to those Ar
Image Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Image Credit
image © Trustees of the British Museum
Location
Rotherhithe, London, England
Country
England
Medium
Print
Tags
Category
Buildings & Architecture
