Title
THE ROYAL DOCKYARD AT PLYMOUTH : This View was taken near Torr Point, on the Western Bank of the River Tamer, at the time of His Majesty's Excursion to the port, in August 1789. / Drawn & Engraved by R. Dodd.
Creator
Dodd, Robert, 1748-1815, artist, printmaker.
Publication details
[London] : Publisb'd Sepr 1st 1790, by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside, & at the Shakespeare Gallery Pall Mall, London., [September 1 1790]
Physical details
1 print : aquatint and etching with hand-colouring ; platemark 43.6 x 68.4 cm, on sheet 55.8 x 78.6 cm sheet
Description
Further inscription below title: 'This yard is supposed to have been in an infant state, in the Reign of King James the first; but like other Marine stations has encreased to its present Consequence proportionately to the encreasing Grandeur of the Royal Navy. And if we consider the Magnitude of it's Harbour; the capaciousness and durability of it's Docks, (which are dug from a sollid bed of Marble) the Rope yard and every other convenience of a Marine Arsenal, together with it's situation in the Channel, it may be said to be superior; to all others in the Kingdom, or probably in the World'.
Place
Plymouth (England)
Other persons
Boydell, John, 1720-1804, publisher.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.11.90.c.