Jun 03, 2021 - Sale 2571

Sale 2571 - Lot 128

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
WALKER, RALPH. Plan of the West India Docks &c. Engraved plan of the dock layout in east London's Isle of Dogs peninsula. 11x15 1/4 inches sheet size, trimmed close to outside border-line partially excising lower imprint; fine original hand-color; fold at center split and reinforced on verso, small edge chips. [London, 1802]

Additional Details

Finely detailed plan of London's first commercial wet docks, shown here close to completion in 1802. Separately issued and rare: OCLC locates but a single example, none traced at auction.