J. Badeslade Delin. J. Kip Sculp.
[n.d., c.1728.]
Engraving, very rich impression. Sheet 340 x 410mm (13¼ x 16"). Trimmed close to printed border, old ink mss., mounted on album paper at edges.
An elevated view of Howland Great Wet Dock, Rotherhithe, built 1695-9 to refit East India ships. As it was not created for cargo, there are no warehouses around the main quay but an avenue of trees. In the background is London, with St Paul's Cathedral. Soon after this view was published the Greenland whalers started using the dock and blubber boiling houses were built to render oil and the docks were renamed 'Greenland Dock'.
[Ref: 64288]  £280.00