Original steel engraving with the Limehouse basin, at the mouth of the Regent's Canal in London: sailing vessels at anchor with their sails spread, barges loaded with coal and casks, and rowing boats crossing the water. Drawing by Thomas H. Shepherd.
Original steel engraving with the Limehouse basin, at the mouth of the Regent's Canal in London: sailing vessels at anchor with their sails spread, barges loaded with coal and casks, and rowing boats crossing the water. Drawing by Thomas H. Shepherd.
It comes from Metropolitan Improvements, the survey of Regency London views drawn by Shepherd and published by Jones & Co.
Medium: Steel engraving
Artist / after: Thomas H. Shepherd
Date: First half of the 19th century
Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 in (17.2 x 10.6 cm)
Condition: Poor; the sheet is trimmed and has lost paper in the band of the title, which is backed from behind and allows only "The Limehouse Dock, Regent's" to be read; there is also a tear and staining in the lower right margin. The image is complete and clean