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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Colonial
• Sale Date:
  26 May 2019 ~ 12noon (AEST)
• Lot #:
  375
• Lot Description:
  A View Near Woolwich In Kent, Shewing The Employment Of The Convicts From The Hulks
  c1800. Hand-coloured engraving, text including title and number “51” in plate below image, [London. Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69, St Pauls Church Yard.] 30 x 44.5cm.
• Notes:
  The image depicts prison hulks on the River Thames, showing convicts moving coal in wheelbarrows and driving piles. The hulks were mostly floating prisons which held convicts awaiting transportation to the colonies (including Australia). In the meantime, the hulks were usually moored near dockyards or garrisons where convicts were used as a ready-made labour force.
• Estimate:
  A$1,800 - 2,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Collectables

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