West India Docks. This item is unavailable.
Published by Ackermann, London, 1808
- Used
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB
AbeBooks seller since September 25, 1996
Condition: Used
US$ 165.00
Item description from seller
Print. Aquatint. Page measures 10 1/4" x 12 1/2" Lovely view of London depicting the West India docks on the Isle of Dogs in London. The West India Docks, opened in 1802, were a series of docks and warehouses built to accommodate trade between England and the British West Indies. Several small row-boats with passengers are seen rowing along the canals. Expertly designed and engraved by renowned caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and Auguste Pugin, a draughtsman and artist. This engraving appeared in "Microcosm of London", published 1808-1810. Aquatint by John Bluck. In very good condition.
Seller Inventory # 312278
Bibliographic details
- Title
- West India Docks
- Author
- ROWLANDSON, Thomas; PUGIN, A.C.
- Publisher
- Ackermann, London
- Publication year
- 1808
- Illustrator
- John Bluck
- Seller catalogs
- ENGLAND, LONDON, MARINE, WEST INDIES