Plan of the West India Docks &c. Designed and Dedicated to the Directors by Their Very Humble Servant Ralph Walker.
B. Baker sculp.t Lower Street, Islington.
Published January 1.st 1802.
Rare engraved map. Sheet 290 x 400mm (11½ x 15¾"). Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper at corners.
A plan of the West India Docks drawn by the dock's Resident Engineer Ralph Walker (1749-1824). The docks, designed by William Jessop with consultant James Rennie, were opened eight months later. South of the docks is The City Canal, built at Walker's suggestion, to create a shortcut across the Isle of Dogs, opened 1805.
[Ref: 64287] £750.00
Published January 1.st 1802.
Rare engraved map. Sheet 290 x 400mm (11½ x 15¾"). Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper at corners.
A plan of the West India Docks drawn by the dock's Resident Engineer Ralph Walker (1749-1824). The docks, designed by William Jessop with consultant James Rennie, were opened eight months later. South of the docks is The City Canal, built at Walker's suggestion, to create a shortcut across the Isle of Dogs, opened 1805.
[Ref: 64287] £750.00