PU1370

A perspective view of the river Thames Long Caption: Copper-plate inscribed; 'Taken from the Kings Arms at Blackwall; Shooters Hill, Woolwich; The East India Dock Yard. From London Magazine Mar 1782.' The Blackwall yard is on the left, Woolwich in the centre distance on the right (south) bank of the Thames and Shooter's Hill on the far right. The ship in the river mounting ten guns a side is probably a small Indiaman. Under her stern on the edge of Greenwich Marsh (Blackwall Point) can be seen the gibbeted body of a pirate or smuggler, exposed there as a public warning to seamen, probably after being hanged at Execution Dock (see PAJ0887). Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Green Blackwall Collection Object: PAD1370 Artist: unknown Date: 1782 Medium: etching; engraving Size: 170 mm x 274 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.