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Dover, Illustration for Copper Plate Magazine

Maker

(artist)
1750-1818

(engraver)
1776-1802

(publisher)
1776-1802

Title

Dover, Illustration for Copper Plate Magazine

Date of Production

1800

Medium

engraving and etching
printed in black

Dimensions

Height: 13 cm
Width: 17.2 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.7838

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords









Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: recto: lower left: Engraved by J Walker from an Original Drawing by J Nixon Esq.r

Inscription: recto: lower right: Publishd August 1. 1800 by J. Walker No. 16 Rosoman Street London.

Inscription: recto: lower centre: DOVER.

Inscription: recto: upper right: Vol. V. Pl. 205.

recto: upper right, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY

recto: lower centre, glued on mount: DOVER , / NUMB. CIII. PLATE CCV / IN Kent, the chief of the Cinque Ports, is situated 16 miles from Canterbury, and 72 from London ; and is perhaps one of the most romantic situations in the kingdom, being seated in a deep valley, surrounded by cliffs.

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