Blackwall Reach with the Columbus in the distance<br><p>Print from part two of Moses 'Sketches of Shipping', entitled 'Blackwall Reach with the <i>Columbus</i> in the distance'. Signed, inscribed and dated by the artist. A cutter in Blackwall Reach with another beyond on the right. The four-masted barque 'Columbus' referred to in the title - a vast, 300-foot Canadian-built experimental timber carrier - is seen as a long grey hull in the distance stretching from the centre or the image to the right edge: for more information on her, see PAF7709.<br></p>
Blackwall Reach with the 'Columbus' in the distance
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Chatfield and Coleman; Henry Moses</div>
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