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Creation Date
1841
Geography
London, England
Culture
English
Medium
Engraving on paper with hand coloring
Dimensions
With mat: 11 1/2 × 10 in. (25.4 × 29.2 cm)
Without mat: 8 × 9 1/2 in. (20.3 × 24.1 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of David P. Harris ('46), 2020
Accession Number
2020.448
Provenance
Purchased by David P. Harris; source and date unknown.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings
Beneath image, lower left: "W.H.Bartlett," lower right, "T. Higham."
Lower margin, center: "CANNING DOCK AND CUSTOM HOUSE, LIVERPOOL."
Lower page, center: "London; Published for the Proprieters by Geo:Virtue, 26, Ivy Lane, 1841."
Creator Biography
William Henry Bartlett, English, 1809–1854 (drawer).
Thomas Higham, English, 1796–1844 (engraver).
Description
Ships dock in front of a white, Greek-columned building under overcast skies. In the foreground, people converse in groups while others go about their day's work.
This print is from The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Coast Scenery of Great Britain. Illustrated by Views Taken on the Spot, by W.H. Bartlett; with Descriptions by William Beattie, M.D., 2 vols. (London: George Virtue, Ivy-Lane, 1842), plate opposite of page 110 in volume 2.