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The Plymouth Breakwater.

The Plymouth Breakwater.

Drawn from Nature and on Stone by H. Worsley. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Pub.d by S. Saunders, Repository for Artists, No. 101, Fore Street, Devonport. [n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph on india. Sheet 190 x 235mm (7½ x 9¼"). Laid on new card.
In 1806 John Rennie and Joseph Whidbey were commissioned to make Plymouth a safe haven for the Channel Fleet during the Napoleonic Wars. Work started in 1812 and four million tons of rock were used, at a cost of £1.5 million, equivalent to £90 million today.
[Ref: 41452]  £120.00


 

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