A View of Hamoze and Plymouth Dock from Mount Edgcumbe

by James after George Lambert Mason, Samuel Scott, Coplestone

$425 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A panoramic view of the Hamoze estuary, which flows into the Plymouth Sound and joins the River Plym. This vibrantly coloured plate is from a series of five prints depicting the celebrated scenery of Mount Edgcumbe. Taken from the pinnacle of Mount Edgcumbe peering over the verdant canopy of trees, this beautiful print affords a clear view of the busy Plymouth dockyard. Established in 1690, the docks have an extensive naval history and, by the late 1700s, were one of the

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