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A View of part of the Old Dock in Liverpool
View of the old docks in Liverpool. These were
built after an Act of Parliament was passed in 1710. Daniel Defoe
visited it at the early 18th century and commented that the town
had a disadvantage of a flat shore, and no key for delivering
goods. Consequently 'the inhabitants and merchants have, of late
years, made a large basin or wet dock, at the east end of the
town'. The custom house was at th…
Creator
- Engraver : Green, Wm.
Subject
- Liverpool
- Old Docks
- sailing ships
- harbour
- quay, trade
- goods
- wet dock
- warehouses
- town houses
- British flag
- …
Type of item
- Still Image
- Topographical Print
Date
- 1799
- 1799
Medium
- Aquatint
Creator
- Engraver : Green, Wm.
Subject
- Liverpool
- Old Docks
- sailing ships
- harbour
- quay, trade
- goods
- wet dock
- warehouses
- town houses
- British flag
- …
Type of item
- Still Image
- Topographical Print
Date
- 1799
- 1799
Medium
- Aquatint
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Creation date
- http://semium.org/time/17xx
Temporal
- http://semium.org/time/17xx_2_half
Places
- 337500, 391500
- Liverpool
- Liverpool
- United Kingdom
Identifier
- 003KTOP00000018U076M0000
- K Top Vol 18
- http://data.europeana.eu/item/92037/_http___www_bl_uk_onlinegallery_onlineex_kinggeorge_a_zoomify80370_html
Extent
- 13.1
- 18.6
- Centimetres
Format
- jpeg
Is part of
- King George III Topographical Collection. Collect Britain
- The European Library
Year
- 1799
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2022-03-03T01:05:36.966Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-12-24T13:25:12.397Z