Print made by Benjamin Baker, 1766–1841, British, Plan of the West India Docks, 1802
- Title:
- Plan of the West India Docks
- Date:
- 1802
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 x 16 1/4 inches (30.5 x 41.3 cm), Plate: 11 9/16 x 15 5/8 inches (29.4 x 39.7 cm), Image: 10 3/4 x 14 15/16 inches (27.3 x 38 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "8"
Lettered, throughout: various place names; lower center: "Plan | OF THE | WEST INDIA DOCKS &c. | DESIGNED AND DEDICATED TO THE DIRECTORS | BY THEIR VERY HUMBLE SERVANT | Ralph Walker."; lower center: "Published January 1st 1802."; lower right: "B. BAKER SCULPT. LOWER STREET ISLINGTON."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.14827
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | buildings | canal | docks | map | marine art | masts | merchants | plan (drawing) | port | river | roads | scale (rule) | sea | ships | streets | wharf
- Associated Places:
- Dogs, Isle of | England | Europe | Greater London | London | Thames | Tower Hamlets | United Kingdom | West India Docks
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:41131
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