A view of the royal dockyard at Woolwich seen from the Thames River. A partially constructed hull of a vessel is on the dock in the center. Men ferry passengers in small rowboats in the left foreground. Henry VIII founded Woolwich Dockyard in 1512 to build his flagship 'Henri Grace a Dieu (Great Harry),' which was one of the first ships to feature gunports. The print commemorates the growth and importance of the dockyard through the 16th and late 18th centuries. The text below the image boasts of the advancements in naval architecture that were constructed in Woolwich Dockyard.
