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Great London Art: London’s Docklands at Wapping, Late Eighteenth Century – 1803

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Check out this amazing picture of the Docklands in Wapping from 1803. It’s not actually a painting but a color engraving by Thomas & William Daniel. The amount of commerce going through London in this time period is amazing!

Jonathan Thomas
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Jonathan is a consummate Anglophile who launched Anglotopia.net in 2007 to channel his passion for Britain. Londontopia is its sister publication dedicated to everything London.

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