Rotherhithe. Steel engraving. Drawn and engraved by Carter. Drawing by Tomblesome and engraving by J. Carter. From Eighty Picturesque Views of the Thames and Medway.
Text accompanying the engraving
Quickly passing St. Catherine's and the London docks, with the parish of Wapping, we leave on the right Horsleydown, which formerly was a meadow for feeding cattle, and now forms the communication between Southwark and Rotherhithe, which latter place derives its name from the Saxon word rother, a sailor, and hithe, a haven.
Other images of Rotherhithe
- West India Docks, modern photograph
- Rotherhithe (Wapping), etching by J. M. Whistler by Tony Grubhofer
- Rotherhithe Church; Tunnel Pier, wood engraving
- Columbia Wharf, Rotherwithe, modern photograph
- The Cherry Garden, lithograph by T. R. Way
- Rotherhithe Church, steel engraving
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Bibliography
Fearnside, W. G. Eighty Picturesque Views of the Thames and Medway, Engraved on Steel by the First Artists. London: Black and Armstrong, [n.d. after 1837]. Internet Archive version of a copy in the University of California at Berkley Library. Web. 30 March 2012.
Last modified 1 May 2012