Woolwich

Place of Origin

London, England (made)

Date

1 May 1798 (drawn)
ca. first quarter 19th century (printed)

Artist/maker

Girtin, born 1775 - died 1802 (artist)
John Walker (engraver)

Materials and Techniques

Engraving

Dimensions

Height: 5.875 in, Width: 7.875 in

Descriptive line

Thomas Girtin. 'Woolwich'. Engraved by John Walker, London. Published in The Copperplate Magazine and The Itinerant. Dated 1 May 1798.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1950, London: HMSO, 1962.
The full text of the record is as follows:

'WALKER, John (worked c.1792-c.1803)

The Copperplate Magazine, or Monthly Cabinet of Picturesque Prints was published between 1792 and 1802. The first publishers were Harrison & Co., 18 Paternoster Row, London, until November 1794. It was taken over by John Walker in December 1794 and continued to be issued in monthly parts, each part consisting of two plates, In its final form, it comprised 250 plates, each with descriptive letterpress on a following sheet, bound as 5 volumes, each with an undated title-page. A set is in the Victoria and Albert Museum Library.
The plates were available separately and a collection of them was also issued by Walker as The Itinerant: a Select Collection of Interesting and Picturesque Views in Great Britain and Ireland. An edition in the Victoria and Albert Museum Library has a title page dated 1799 and consist [sic] of 180 plates with letterpress printed below. The paper used in this volume is watermarked 1794, 1795 and 1801 and one plate (a view of Oxford, different from the view used in The Copperplate Magazine) is dated February 1803. These plates, with a few exceptions, have had their original plate numbers removed where necessary, and the name of The Itinerant and of the appropriate county added.
...

General view of Woolwich, looking towards the Thames. Illustration originally used as Plate 31 in Volume 1 of The Copperplate Magazine, and later published in The Itinerant.
Lettered Woolwich. Engraved by Walker from an Original Drawing by T Girtin. Published May 1st. 1798 by J. Walker No.16, Rosomans Street and The Itinerant. Kent.
Engraving
E.288-1950

Given by Mrs N. Rosevear

Note: This plate is dated 1 May 1793 in The Copperplate Magazine'

Materials

Paper; Printing ink

Techniques

Engraving

Subjects depicted

Woolwich

Collection code

PDP