Object types
print (scope note | all objects)
broadside (scope note | all objects)
Title (object)
A Trew Draught of the Whale as he was seen at Blackwall Dock
Materials
paper (all objects)
Techniques
etching (scope note | all objects)
Production person
Published by John Drapentier (biographical details | all objects)
Production place
Published in London (scope note | all objects)
Date
1690 (circa)
Schools /Styles
British (all objects)
Description
Whale washed up on the banks of the Thames, with spectators at right, visitors on boats approaching the shore at left and view of east London in the background. c.1690
Etching
Inscriptions
Inscription Content: Lettered with title, text below image and publication line: "Sold by John Drapentier Ingravor in St. Martins Le Grand".
Dimensions
Height: 245 millimetres
Width: 310 millimetres
Curator's comments
See Sheila O'Connell, 'The Popular Print in England', BM 1999, cat. 4.38, pp. 102-103.
Subject
mammal (all objects)
Associated places
Named in inscription London (scope note | all objects)
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