- Bib ID:
- 197108
- Format:
- Picture
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- London : Printed for Bowles and Carver, no. 69 St. Pauls Church Yard, [ca. 1790-1800]
- 1 print : hand col. engraving ; plate mark 29.8 x 44.9 cm.
- Summary:
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Scene showing prison hulks on the Thames that were "commonly fitted out as floating prisons for holding male prisoners awaiting their transportation, and were moored near dockyards or garrisons in order to utilise the prisoners as a labour force. This ... scene shows convicts from the hulks engaged ashore in moving coal in wheelbarrows and pile driving."--Auction catalogue.
- Notes:
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- Subject:
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- Occupation:
- Convicts
- Other authors/contributors:
- Bowles and Carver (Firm)
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1870 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Engraving
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1800
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