The Royal Dockyard at Portsmouth

Object summary

Title: The Royal Dockyard at Portsmouth
Object ID: CC-T-0026
Date made: 1790
Place made: United Kingdom, Greater London, London
Printmaker: Dodd, Robert
Publisher: John & Josiah Boydell
Object type: Aquatint
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view: No

Description

A view of the royal dockyard at Portsmouth abreast of the Common Hard, looking up the harbor in May 1790. The print commemorates the great industrialization of the dockyard as the text inscribed below the image describes how activity in the dockyard has increased since 1650. Ships are anchored in the harbor and dry docks are visible in the background. In the right foreground, there are three rowboats ferrying passengers.