A View of the East India Docks

Title
A View of the East India Docks
Creator
William Daniell (engraver)
Year/Period
1808
Region
London
Object Type
aquatints (prints), engravings (prints)
Material
paper (fiber product)
Technique
aquatint (printing process)
Dimension
Image size: 46.8 x 80.0 cm,
Frame size: 74.5 x 108.0 cm
Accession No.
2017-00048
Collection of
National Museum of Singapore

The East India Docks were opened in 1806 in Blackwall, London, to accommodate the shipping needs of the East India Company. This aquatint presents an aerial view of the docks, with the Thames in the middle ground, and Greenwich in the distance to the right. It was drawn, engraved and published by William Daniell, an English landscape and marine artist who together with his uncle Thomas Daniell travelled extensively in India.

 

See related items

View of the West India Docks on the Isle of Dogs

View of the East India Company factory at Cossimbazar from the other of the Hooghly river

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Historical Relics of the Old East India Company

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