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Fair on the Thames. Feb. 1814.
Fair on the Thames. Feb. 1814.
Drawn by Luke Clennell. Engraved by George Cooke.
London, J. Hogarth, 5, Haymarket.
Steel engraving. Sheet 135 x 220mm (5¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed close to publication line.
A view of a Frost Fair, held on the Thames before the demolition of the old London Bridge improved river flow and prevented it freezing over. The fair of 1814 began on 1st February and lasted four days. Stalls and amusement rides built on the ice can be seen, with St Paul's Cathedral in the background.
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Launch of the Nelson at Woolwich, July 4th, 1814.
Launch of the Nelson at Woolwich, July 4th, 1814.
Drawn by Luke Clennell. Etched by G. Cooke & Engraved by W.B. Cooke.
London, Published Oct.r 1, 1814, by W.B. Cooke, 12 York Place, Pentonville.
Engraving. 155 x 255mm (6 x 9¾"), with very large margins. Uncut.
The ceremonial launch of H.M.S. Nelson, a 120-gun first rate. Launched in 1814, she was converted to screw propulsion and rearmed to 90 guns in 1860, before being handed over to the government of the Dominion of Victoria, Australia, in 1867. She was sold in 1898 as a storage hulk and later used as a coal hulk, and was finally scrapped in 1928. From 'The Thames' by Samuel Owen (c.1769-1857).
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