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71. The Great Eastern being built, 4 June 1856, by EW Cooke.
*The Great Eastern being built, 4 June 1856, by EW Cooke. Edward William Cooke's depiction of the building of the 'Great Eastern'. Cooke had been portraying shipping in London for 30 years.
72. Thames warehouses, 1859, by James Whistler.
*Thames warehouses, 1859, by James Whistler. One of Whistler's 'Series of Sixteen Etchings on the Thames', showing the Hermitage Coal Wharf and other wharves in Wapping. This is a busy scene...
73. Thames sailing barge, by WL Wyllie.
*Thames sailing barge, by WL Wyllie. A watercolour of a Thames sailing barge by the marine artist William Lionel Wyllie (1851-1931). Wyllie experimented with various watercolour...
74. The Commercial Docks, by G Cooke.
*The Commercial Docks, by G Cooke. The Grand Surrey Canal Company opened a dock at Rotherhithe in 1807. In the following five years several dock companies built a number of docks in...
75. The launch of the Nelson at Woolwich, 14 July 1814, by Luke Clenell.
*The launch of the Nelson at Woolwich, 14 July 1814, by Luke Clenell. The keel of the 'Nelson' was laid in 1805, but it was not until nine years later that she was launched at Woolwich. The launching was a gala affair...
76. The Pool, 1859, by James Whistler.
*The Pool, 1859, by James Whistler. One of Whistler's 'Series of Sixteen Etchings on the Thames', this is a view across the river in the Pool of London. In the foreground a river worker...
77. The Old Mast House, Blackwall, by Samuel Owen.
*The Old Mast House, Blackwall, by Samuel Owen. A sailing boat in a swell on the River Thames, with the Old Mast House at Blackwall in the distance.
78. The Long Room, Custom House, by Rowlandson and Pugin.
*The Long Room, Custom House, by Rowlandson and Pugin. A Rowlandson and Pugin aquatint of the famous Long Room at the Custom House in the City of London. This was the main public office where customs...
79. A West Indiaman in Cox and Curlin's Yard, Limehouse, by Henry Moses.
*A West Indiaman in Cox and Curlin's Yard, Limehouse, by Henry Moses. A West Indiaman in Cox and Curlin's Yard, being repaired with new timbers. The shipyard owners stand to the right watching the carpenters and...
 
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