An Exact Prospect of the City of Rochester taken from Finsbery Windmill / A Prospect of Chatham Dock, from the same place

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

James Collins, draughtsman and line engraver of topographical and architectural views, was for at least part of his career based at Lynsted near Sittingbourne, Kent. His works include engravings of Westminster Abbey and Canterbury Cathedral, and views of Rochester and Chatham Dock. Collins usually worked on commissions for printsellers or booksellers, but occasionally published prints himself.

Places

England, Chatham, Rochester (England, Kent), Chatham: Royal Dockyard, Kent, River Medway

Subjects

topography, townscape/cityscape, cow, river, hill, flag, field, bridge (urban), dock, windmill, church, tower, ship

Materials & Techniques

engraving, coloured engraving

Artist

James Collins

Title

An Exact Prospect of the City of Rochester taken from Finsbery Windmill / A Prospect of Chatham Dock, from the same place

Date

Medium

Coloured engraving

Dimensions

height: 54.00 cm, width: 77.70 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Mr Egerton Banks, 1947

Inscription

below image, in ink: [right] LV

GAC number

395