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Engraving / lighthouse

Description

Line engraving of Rudyerd's Eddystone lighthouse with Rame Head, Plymouth and Mew Stone marked in the background, by John Boydell, C. Lempriere and W.H. Toms, c. 1780

Museum reference

T.1998.229.5

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Engraving / lighthouse

Production information

Boydell, John, 1780 (fl.), Engraver
Cheapside, London, England, Northern Europe
Toms, W.H., 1748 - 1780 (fl.), Sculptor
Lempriere, C., 1780 (fl.), Delineator

Date

c. 1780

Associations

Depicted: Eddystone Rocks, English Channel, North Atlantic, ATLANTIC OCEAN
Depicted: Plymouth, Devon, England, Northern Europe
Depicted: Mew Stone, Devon, England, Northern Europe
Depicted: Rame Head, Cornwall, England, Northern Europe

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