Description

A prospect of the royal dockyard at Chatham viewed from the Banks of the River Medway near Upnor Castle. Unfinished ships lie near the dock in front of the hilly landscape. Two pillars of smoke come out from somewhere among the buildings on the left side of the print. In the right foreground, livestock graze and lie on the banks, and two women and a man stand on the upper bank. The text below the image states how the dockyard was established by Elizabeth I and lists the noteworthy vessels built in this dockyard, such as the 'Leviathan,' the 'Ville de Paris,' the 'Royal Charlotte,' and the 'Royal George.'

Type

stamp

Location

recto, bottom left

Text

Clark Collection MIT

Type

graphite

Location

recto, bottom right

Text

22-30

Type

graphite

Location

verso

Text

T22

Type

graphite

Location

verso, bottom right

Text

The Pair