View of Mr Perry's Dock at Blackwall

Technique includes engraving. The Blackwall shipyard, begun in the late 16th century, continued, under various owners, to repair and build ships, particularly for the East India Company, throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. By the late 18th century, Perry's yard, as the Blackwall establishment was then known, was the biggest private yard in the world.

Object Details

ID: PAD1394
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Places: Blackwall
Date made: circa 1789
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Mount: 125 mm x 185 mm