View of London, with the Improvements of its Port
submitted to the Select Committee of the Honourable House of Commons, by Mr Dance, exhibiting the proposed Double Bridge intended for the passage of Ships. Painted & Engraved by William Daniell, the Picture in the possession of George Dance Esqr.
London,
Published as the Act directs for William Daniell No.9 Cleveland Street Fitzroy Square,
Aug. 15, 1802.
Aquatint.
Image: 388 by 770mm (15.25 by 30.25 inches). Sheet: 490 by 824mm (19.25 by 32.5 inches).
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A further view of George Dance the Younger's suggestions for the Port of London, suggesting a determination to keep the scheme alive. Dance's daring plans aroused much public interest, and a painter named R.C. Andrews displayed the design as a painted panorama for view in Sadler's Wells Theatre. Daniell produced both prints and a painting (now in the Guildhall Art Gallery), in which the Thames was transformed into a straighter river with uniform buildings lining the bank to...
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BL Maps K.Top.21.31.2 PORT.11 TAB.
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