Blackwall.

Repro ID: PU1444

Description: The River Thames at Blackwall Reach. This stretch of the river was a convenient place for larger vessels to lay-up. Blackwall itself was an important point of access to the Thames, with a direct route by land via Poplar and Ratcliffe to London. This avoided the long detour around the Isle of Dogs.

Creator: Edward Pritchett (artist), C. Wallis (engraver), Thomas Fry (publisher)

Date: c. 1840

Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London