Blackwall Reach with the Columbus in the distance

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Blackwall Reach with the Columbus in the distance

Print from part two of Moses 'Sketches of Shipping', entitled 'Blackwall Reach with the ''Columbus'' in the distance'. Signed, inscribed and dated by the artist. A cutter in Blackwall Reach with another beyond on the right. The four-masted barque 'Columbus' referred to in the title - a vast, 300-foot Canadian-built experimental timber carrier - is seen as a long grey hull in the distance stretching from the centre or the image to the right edge: for more information on her, see PAF7709.

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Object Details

ID:	PAD7904
Type:	Print
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Chatfield & Coleman; Moses, Henry
Places:	Unlinked place
Date made:	1 March 1825
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Green Blackwall Collection
Measurements:	Sheet: 193 x 280 mm
Parts:	Sketches of Shipping Drawn and Etch'd by Henry Moses 1824 (Print) Limehouse (Print) (PAD7903) Blackwall Reach with the Columbus in the distance (Print) (PAD7904) Limehouse (Print) (PAD7905) A West Indiaman in Cox & Curlin's yard Limehouse (Print) (PAD7906) London Docks (Print) (PAD7907) London Docks (Print) (PAD7908) London Docks (Print) (PAD7909) London Docks (Print) (PAD7910) London Docks (Print) (PAD7911)