- Title
- View of Harwich and the Coast by the Sea.
- Creator
- Gilder, Henry, 1743-1808, artist.
- Publication details
- [1777]
- Physical details
- 1 drawing : watercolour over pencil ; sheet 35.9 x 170.9 cm
- Description
- Panoramic view of the coast and sea at Harwich; the town of Harwich and the spire of St Nicholas's church in the distance on the left; the coast on the horizon; the sea stretching across the scene; Landguard Fort on the horizon to the right. Inscribed with title in black ink below image. On four joined sheets.
- 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. A finished version of this drawing is at Maps K.Top.13.15.4.e.
- Shelfmark
- Maps K.Top.13.15.4.f.
