Description
This is a hand-coloured engraving of convicts from the hulks at Woolwich labouring in the docks area. Two hulks are anchored offshore with rowboats shuttling to and fro. Beneath the image is inscribed 'A View near WOOLWICH in KENT showing the Employment of the CONVICTS from the Hulks'. The engraving measures 29.8 cm x 44.9 cm.
Acknowledgements
| Copyright | Reproduced courtesy of National Library of Australia |
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| Creator | Carrington Bowles, publisher, 1779 |
| Identifiers | National Library of Australia number nla.pic-an23672354
TLF resource R3010 |
| Source | National Library of Australia, http://www.nla.gov.au |
