- Title
- A View of HARWICH, and LAND-GUARD FORT, taken from HARWICH Cliff. / Drawn on the Spot by H. Gilder.
- Creator
- Gilder, Henry, 1743-1808, artist.
- Publication details
- 1777.
- Physical details
- 1 drawing : watercolour over pencil ; sheet 35.4 x 171.5 cm
- Description
- Panoramic view of the coast and sea at Harwich; cows and fields on the left; figures surveying the landscape nearby; the town of Harwich and the spire of St Nicholas's church in the distance on the left; the coast on the horizon; ships on the sea; Landguard Fort on the horizon to the right. Inscribed with title in black ink below image. Signed and dated in black ink in the lower right-hand corner. On four sheets joined.
- Place
- Harwich (England)
- Additional information
- Henry Gilder studied under Thomas Sandby before becoming Chief Drawing Master at the Board of Ordnance in the Tower of London. An unfinished version of this drawing is at Maps K.Top.13.15.4.f.
- Shelfmark
- Maps K.Top.13.15.4.e.
