A lithotint of a view of the stern of the East Indiaman, the 'Repulse' docked at the East India Dock Basin. The 'Repulse' was a first-class East Indiaman built in the Blackwall Yard during the last days of the East India Company. The East India Docks were built on the Thames in the early nineteenth century after the West India Docks (1800-6) and the London Docks (1802-5). The docks were for the exclusive use of vessels engaged in the East Indies trade. Dock basins such as the East India Dock Basins allowed ships to load and unload during all stages of the tide.
Underneath the bottom, right corner of the image is the text, "C. Hullmandel's Patent." Hullmandel devised the technique of the lithotint, in which impressions were taken from an original drawing made with brush and liquid ink on stone.
