Tobacco Bay, Bermuda: ships in the bay, and a source of fresh water for them on land. Aquatint by J. Wells after Porgay, 1803.

  • Porgay, pseud.
Date:
28 Feb.y 1803
Reference:
36840i
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Description

The water tank appears to be the cistern shown behind a hut on shore on the right. A system of buckets on a rope brings water down from the cistern to the shore

Publication/Creation

London (103, Shoe Lane) : J. Gold, 28 Feb.y 1803.

Physical description

1 print : aquatint ; image 12.5 x 21.2 cm

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Watering tank at Tobacco bay, Bermuda. ; Wells sc.

Creator/production credits

Engraver assumed to be J. Wells, who produced aquatints for various works listed by Abbey, op. cit

References note

Not found in: J.R. Abbey, Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860, London, 1957

Reference

Wellcome Collection 36840i

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