- Title:
- Brunswick Dock on the Thames at Blackwall
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1803
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and aquatint with hand coloring in watercolor
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 20 1/4 x 33 1/4in. (51.4 x 84.5cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
Lettered below image: "Brunswick Dock on the Thames at Blackwall. | This noble bason was exacted from the design & at the individual expence of John Perry Esqr. & was chiefly intended for the accommodation & protection of the Ships of the Honble. East India Company. The whole excavation which contains about eight acres is divided into two parts (each having its distinct entrance) one of which is capable of receiving thirty of the largest East India Ships, & the other an equal number of smaller Vessels. This great & useful work was begun on the 2nd March 1789 & the Dock was opened for the reception of Shipping on the 20th Novr. 1790. | To John Perry Esqr. This Print is with his permission inscribed by his obedient servant William Daniell. | Drawn & Engraved by Wm. Daniell & Published by him at No. 9, Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square London, Octr. 20 1803."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.851
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:52827
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Print made by William Daniell, 1769–1837, British, Brunswick Dock on the Thames at Blackwall, 1803
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